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emf

16th September 2013, 08:31
can someone help please
23d 6
semi-public team's quantity good? left halve only
-----o

24a 4
licentious party of extremes of gluttony
h--- hogs?
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chrise

16th September 2013, 08:41
23 QUAN(tity) GO(od)
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syzygy

16th September 2013, 08:42
24A orgy
are you sure the the first "of" isn't "or" ?

extremes of GluttonY = GY
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emf

16th September 2013, 08:44
sorry letter in the wrong place, that would be correct, orgy
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emf

16th September 2013, 08:48
thanks for the help now done
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syzygy

16th September 2013, 08:54
@ChrisE

That's a new one for me. Into the memory bank, maybe.
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chrise

16th September 2013, 08:58
Hi syzygy
It's a semi acronym - QUAsi Autonomous Non Governmental Organisation - basically a (sometimes self-) appointed committee that reports on a particular area of interest. Got a lot of bad press in the 90s.
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chrise

16th September 2013, 08:59
Too many As! QUasi!
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syzygy

16th September 2013, 09:04
Found it in CH & Bradford's. British term not known here, at least not by me.
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