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The link word is FROGS. Every 3rd letter of the clue.

Frogs it is Peterm, cete(badgers)and a word meaning "heavy blows" are involved as suspected

Am off out now - hope to see the answers later, and really hope that more people will tackle this.

I've made no progress and have also got to go out for a while. I'll check again later.

This is obviously trickier than I first thought.Peterm and Joan would have normally raced through this by now.

To clarify the instructions..."the French" part is either la(x2) which was used at 1. and 6., le(x2), les(x2) and (used before a word beginning with a vowel) l(x1).

No.6 demonstrates how it should work, ie the two defns are Clean=launder/in accordance with=under - the wordplay indicates the longer of the defns LA-unde(nude dancing)-R and the answer is UNDER.


1.Ixion is feeble, first (l)ight (a)lways (m)ade (e)asy(2)(la)ME

2.Soft pedal for fear that badgers collective designation is protected by common market backing(4)

3.To go on irritating general perhaps swigged beer with tops off?(4)

4.They feel stress every second, half blind, yet they're relatively calm in a storm(4)

5.Dancer and company pull this expression of yearning to greatly amuse audience(4)

6.Clean in accordance with god, accepting nude dancing(5) (la)UNDER

7.See! Partners heavy blows boxing Queen, they rarely connect(5)



Gi(f)t w(r)ap (o)ld (g)uy(s), regularly insulting the French(5) FROGS

I think 5 might be SLAY (homophone of sleigh). Take out LA, and you get SY - homophone of sigh??

Not easy.

You've named the answer in that post Peterm, but it isn't slay

OK, I think I see it now. SIGH. SLEIGH less LE?

Well done peterm

5.Dancer and company pull this[sleigh] expression of yearning[sigh] to greatly amuse[slay] audience(4) S(le)IGH

7 ONERS? Loners less the L? Lo + (ER ins. NS)