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perplexed puzzler

18th January 2014, 10:17
Answers are all weather related. I've two to go, closing date at the end of the month and am really stuck.
Clues/big hints appreciated.
65) Look at a bat I couldn't protect from the cold wind (9)
90 below -the result of a discharge (7)
90 is the clue number but I think it is also part of the clue itself as 'below' has a lower case letter to start.
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sudokulover

18th January 2014, 10:27
65 harmattan
90 thunder
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perplexed puzzler

18th January 2014, 10:34
Thanks - had looked at 'harmattan' but didn't see a connection. Will think again about it.

Could you explain the 'th' in thunder, please. Is there a connection to 90?
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perplexed puzzler

18th January 2014, 11:05
Sorry, just don't get 'harmattan' as an answer. Where does 'cold' come in (it's a hot wind) and also the 'bat'.
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andyc

18th January 2014, 11:13
katabatic in the clue
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perplexed puzzler

18th January 2014, 11:20
Thanks Andy, that makes sense.
Any help with the 'th' in thunder - it feels like the right answer.
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andyc

18th January 2014, 11:33
below = under
th = a shortened (archaic) form of the

Thunder looks OK to me too.
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ginge

18th January 2014, 11:36
Possibly, e = an electron, so discharge = th(e).
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perplexed puzzler

18th January 2014, 12:12
I wondered that - perhaps I'm reading too much into the fact that 'below' starts with a lower case letter, but clue 100 did the same and the c from 100 formed part of the clue.
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ginge

18th January 2014, 12:22
-90 is when one's exhaled breath solidifies and would drop, so possibly.
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