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ajt

26th August 2010, 23:28
Yes - 35 d very unusual spelling for the hat. 33d isn't in Chambers either
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zardoz

26th August 2010, 23:30
Google CHACO cap. Gives several articles with alternate spelling.

Chambers Word Wizard gave 41A.
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ixion

26th August 2010, 23:31
Slightly remiss of them not to mention that in the preamble(33D)- very modern word though
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ajt

26th August 2010, 23:32
Just looked at Wordnik - what a lovely site
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ajt

26th August 2010, 23:35
Struck a memory chord - wasn't there a song years and years ago "....my old shako, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty years ago ....."?
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ajt

26th August 2010, 23:40
Yes, there was - just googled it. Sung by Peter Dawson, 1918 - a bit before my time.
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zardoz

26th August 2010, 23:44
Perhaps Columba meant the altered entries are in Chambers, though none are unusual, maybe 11D.
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tony

27th August 2010, 09:19
AJT

Logodaedalus is a pseudonym occasionally used by Araucaria in the Guardian.
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ajt

27th August 2010, 10:11
Thank you Tony. It is such an obvious pseudonym for a setter that I wondered if anyone had used it. Manipulator 0f words - suits him better that monkey puzzle tree, I reckon.
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