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12d WHOLE

W=wife
HOLE - in a pickle = in a hole

I'm stuck on one last clue, 24 ac "Front page report on man of cloth (7)". I've got _R_E_T_

PRIESTS fits but I don't see the wordplay as the reference is to man of cloth not men of the cloth...

Help!

P-RELATE

ERIC-19 d-Cobblers!Thread left by fire
L+ingle

24ac prelate P=page relate = report

Whatever Lingle is, it doesn't make it into any of my reference books.

cafca LINGLE(or LINGEL)-=a shoemakers waxed thread according to Chambers

Thanks AJH & Trub.

I thought 19d ended GEL rather than GLE hence the problem... not that I can find LINGLE anyway...

Thanks AJH. Can't find it anywhere.

cafca and Eric-ironically -it can
also be found in this web-site's dictionary under lingel