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aristophanes

11th November 2010, 14:55
I've been fiddling with this for a few days and find it rather thorny. I still have much of the upper left corner missing and a few words in the upper right. For 6d I have AL_PI_E and just can't work out a Spoonerism; ditto with 14a, for which I have M__L. For 8d I have EM_A. For 11a I have REALTIME for TEAL RHYME. Is this wrong?
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mark

11th November 2010, 15:06
For all those who would love to help you but don't have the original to hand, what are the clues, please?
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aristophanes

11th November 2010, 15:14
Sorry, just assumed that others would be working on it. 6d: Fishy dish of mountains bordering Spain (7), 14a: Spill's what marks ale being mishandled (4), 8d: Not a lame sheepdog Mary almost abandoned at first (4). All involve Spoonerisms, either in clue or answer.
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ixion

11th November 2010, 15:19
aristophanes

Your letters in place are as mine...

I've assumed

6d - eely pan
14a - wills spot
8d - letter name

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aristophanes

11th November 2010, 15:29
Hello, ixion! My letters for 6d are AL_PI_E. How do you get eely pan?
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ixion

11th November 2010, 15:43
Of the vocalic type if I'm correct - fishy/eely
dish/pan.....alEpine
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aristophanes

11th November 2010, 15:55
Whoa. A bit tricky. What's with wills spot then? Don't get the clue.
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ixion

11th November 2010, 16:05
tenuous again i'm afraid...

spills what - wills spot

Meal, v. t.

1. To sprinkle with, or as with, meal. Shak.

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aristophanes

11th November 2010, 16:09
Whoa again. This one's a killer.
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aristophanes

11th November 2010, 16:29
Talk about language barriers. It took a while for me to realize that it was beadle that was part of the Spoonerism at 15a. Bipedal has a short e in the US; I kept wondering what a beddle was!
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