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chrise

4th November 2014, 12:04
I'm finding this one really difficult, and I've still 5 left on the RHS.

Any suggestions for 13d please?
Red ace? (10)
O???L?R???
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jazzgirl

4th November 2014, 12:28
http://i58.tinypic.com/11aipth.jpg

hi Chris
I agree with the O and L but not sure, as yet, about the R. I have S as the penultimate letter. Still cannot help on this clue. More coffee is needed.
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malone

4th November 2014, 12:35
Oenologist - an expert on wine ('ace red')
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chrise

4th November 2014, 12:38
Thanks both - I had ROAD as the naval base (ROD around A) - nearly right (roads is the correct term)
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jazzgirl

4th November 2014, 12:41
Malone beat me to it :) I now has a naval base as the answer to 22a (different type of "stick" )
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jazzgirl

4th November 2014, 12:41
excuse typos
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chrise

4th November 2014, 12:47
Done now, thanks. I hadn't realised that the golf spelling of 8a isn't the same as the spelling for the other part of the clue.

16a - last one in - is very clever!
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chrise

4th November 2014, 12:48
...........and I wasted a lot of time trying to parse GENEVIEVE for the vehicle in 5d!
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jazzgirl

4th November 2014, 13:32
Finished apart from 23a which I have been staring at far too long......
?E?S?
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jazzgirl

4th November 2014, 13:35
OK, I've just got it.
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