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tonta

22nd September 2012, 01:02
If the answer to 8D - Subject: foot-and-mouth emergency cases (5) is THEME T _ E _ E , can someone explain it to me, please. I can see the run of letters mouTH EMErgency, but where does it suggest the run of letters, and CASES?
Am I looking too deeply here?
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ixion

22nd September 2012, 01:11

I think you've got it Tonta...."cases" being the "included in" indicator.
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tonta

22nd September 2012, 01:17
Thanks, Ixion. I didn't know "cases" indicated included in.
You learn something every day.
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ixion

22nd September 2012, 01:29
Bit sneaky to have foot-and-mouth hyphenated, otherwise the foot-and- bit is superfluous and not really Ximenean.
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ixion

22nd September 2012, 01:33
But it is hyphenated in Chambers so works perfectly.
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