Tmes Quick Cryptic 195 by Teazel by elle

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elle

5th December 2014, 10:35

9A: Calm down, eveyrbody, all the time (5)
A?L?Y
Answer must be 'allay' = calm down (definition)
all = everybody, but where does the AY come from, please?

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andyc

5th December 2014, 10:43

ay/aye second definition in Chambers : ever, always, for ever. Scots deriv.

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elle

5th December 2014, 10:57

Thank you, Andy.
I didn' t know that you could spell it as' AY' - I would have expected the 'e' on the end.

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magworth

5th December 2014, 15:11

I can`t get 5 d. "Chap got up in tatty suit a disaster, naturally". (7) ? S ? N ? A ?.
Any help, please...Mags.

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ginge

5th December 2014, 15:14

The "a" looks as if it should be "m", which should help considerably.

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magworth

5th December 2014, 15:17

Yes - I`ve just thought - tsunami ! Now I`ll have to rethink the crossing clue ! Many thanks, Mags.

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kdav

5th December 2014, 15:20

Hi. I believe its TSUNAMI. A chap is a MAN and add a tatty SUIT.

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magworth

5th December 2014, 16:14

Thank you kdav. I had `weakish` across. Now changed it to `wimpish` and I believe it`s finished! Mags.

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