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mh

7th November 2010, 01:43
Barnet's additional beauty is a shortened radio detector(8)?ARRE?TE. I've never been so flummoxed! What has a barrette got to do with the clue?
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ixion

7th November 2010, 02:50
MH

Barnet - (Cockney rhyming slang) hair (on one's head)
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ixion

7th November 2010, 02:54
The hot wire barretter was a demodulating detector, invented in 1902 by Reginald Fessenden, that found limited use in early radio receivers.
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mh

7th November 2010, 03:32
ixion, you're amazing-thanks!!
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