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rusty

28th August 2017, 15:34
Hello, Elle!
Seems a sensible idea to me, anyway?
I had no idea of Bauhaus, too.
But a "do" is a "function", and celebs are "A-list".
7d, I think is a Latin term used in Law, I think....
Similar idea to "a fortiori", begins with "a" too.
A word for your stern beginning with "p", 9 letters!
No, I just happened across "ups-a-daisy".
Chambers has "upsy-daisy", too!
Have you tried EuroPlayer?
They are showing Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund today.
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rusty

28th August 2017, 15:39
Elle,
This may be better?
"A", and head of word for for your "rear" beginning with P (9) and Head of I(nspectorate).
It may be new to you, but not to Chambers!
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rusty

28th August 2017, 15:46
Take 2 (as they say in Hollywood!)
"A", and a word for your "rear" beginning with "p" (9) and Head of I(nspectorate).
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elle

28th August 2017, 16:17
Hi, Rusty!
Yes, thank you, I see how "functionalist" is arrived at, now!
Although I would never have managed it on my own!
Now...for 7d......I have it!
"A posteriori"!
Yes, I rather like that....I find 7d a more satisfying clue than was 11a?
We shall not speak of EuroSport Player!
To think of all the tennis I am missing!
I emailed them again but have had no response.
When I try to log in, I am asked for money!
I do not think I shall renew my subscription come December.
I have just been chatting on the phone to my daughter.
She is going to contact Environmental Health about the state of the Holiday Park, which I can probably say is in Camber Sands (providing I do not actually name the establishment )
From the sound of it, the Holiday Park should be shut down!
Apparently, there are hundreds of bad reviews on its website.
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rusty

28th August 2017, 16:55
Hello, Elle,
I thought "functionalist" was a fine clue.
And yes, you will manage on your own.
Doing cryptics are never ending absorption of little bits and pieces of info etc that will help you in the future battles with the setters.
Look upon it as a challenge, and no more defeatist talk!
So was "a posteriori" a good clue, what ever it meant!
Heather is behind in the first set.
This Europlayer is proving to be a bit of a dead loss!
I have heard of Camber Sands!
A pity is has deteriorated so much.
Hope your daughter gets a refund.
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elle

28th August 2017, 17:25
Hi, Rusty!
Who is Heather playing?
Is she in with a chance?
I am furious to be missing it all!
Maybe you can send me hourly bulletins?!
I think Camber Sands itself is still a very nice place, Rusty........I have never been there, but various folk have told me of the lovely sandy beaches there.
It was just the Holiday Park accommodation booked that was so poor........the photos my daughter took showed it to be appalling.
The chalet allotted to them hadn't even been cleaned......there was mould on the walls and rubbish left on the floor.
And I've already told you about the dreadful smell around the place!
I think she will get a refund...there are too many complainants sending in adverse reports for this to be ignored.
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rusty

28th August 2017, 17:31
Hello, Elle,
Lot of unforced errors from Heather.
She is playing Alize Cornet of France.
She lost first set 4-6, and is 2-4 down on the second.
Was it at Camber Sands that a lot of Allied soldiers were killed during the war?
In a rehearsal for D-Day, I think.
I am probably wrong but the name is familiar.
The holiday camp sounds a right dump.
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rusty

28th August 2017, 17:37
Hello, Elle,
No, it was Slapton Sands in Devon, that the soldiers were killed.
I was wrong...again!

4-4 in second set.
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rusty

28th August 2017, 17:50
Elle,
Heather lost 4-6, 4-6, to Alize Cornet.
My weather has brightened up a bit!
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rusty

28th August 2017, 18:05
Elle,
Kyle Edmund has won.
6-3, 7-5, 6-3.
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