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philip

10th March 2009, 12:24
RT12 finished, I think. One or two tenuous clues as usual. If you need help, let me know

Philip
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roger

10th March 2009, 23:39
10 across p Look regularly at cherry tree. Is it acer? Can't see why it should be except that it is a tree. It's the last outstanding clue.
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john (from arran)

11th March 2009, 00:01
This clue structure is becoming rather tedious in RT these days as it appears every week. "Regularly" means every other letter so you get alternate letters of "at cherry" giving you ACER.
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deekay

11th March 2009, 09:06
Hi everybody

Completed except for 3d 'Endorses a loud outfit before silent start'. Is this AFFIRMS (?F?I?M?assuming the second letter 'F' is correct - and if so, why??

thanks, Deekay
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philip

11th March 2009, 10:07
An outfit is A FIRM but like you didnt quite get the reference to "loud" and I presumed the reference to a silent start if the extra F that appears.

Like John, I did say some of the clues were tenuous
Philip
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jimc

11th March 2009, 10:14
Hi.

I believe 'f' stands for 'forte', used in music to mean loud.
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trevor

11th March 2009, 16:41
A F(forte) Firm(outfit) S (1st letter of silent)
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paul

11th March 2009, 17:57
But surely the word "start" usually means the S goes at the beginning. Would it not have been better to say "silent end"
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trevor

12th March 2009, 03:45
Hi Paul
I think "silent start" just means - start of the word silent (s)- almost a red herring. the setter could have used any word that STARTED with an "s".
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philip

12th March 2009, 16:27
Trevor

Dont you ever sleep? Noticed your last post was in the early hours
Philip
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