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elephant

16th March 2014, 20:24
The clue is:-

Dismissed for a duck, note (3) O?T

I think this is OUT but I don't understand the NOTE bit. Can anyone please explain?
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mamya

16th March 2014, 20:28
A Duck in sporting terms is zero - this refers to Cricket and someone being 'out' having scored nothing.
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mamya

16th March 2014, 20:29
sorry, I didn't pick up the 'note' reference
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mamya

16th March 2014, 20:31
Hope someone can tell you, not sure of that part.
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rossim

16th March 2014, 20:33
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/UT
I think this explains it.
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albert

16th March 2014, 20:34
Duck = 0
Ut. Noun
ut (plural uts)
(music, dated) Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.
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mamya

16th March 2014, 20:34
New to me, thank you.
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elephant

16th March 2014, 20:39
New to me too, but thank you so much.
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rossim

16th March 2014, 20:41
It was new to me too. Good old Google!
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