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Ah. But the word to be clued is abductee. Am I still missing something?

Hi aristo,
in 4 capital is uc as given in Chambers; "upper-case ie capital".
In 9 I swithered about the inclusion of public but it obviously helps the surface and my "justification" is; if there is/are demand(s), usually money, the abductee tends to be a high profile (public) figure or close relative of same rather than those taken by a parent disputing custody or aliens !
I reckon Marty bumped into a college again!

Hi again aristo,
I've texted BBM2 so I imagine you'll get another post from him shortly.

I'm embarrassed, ginge. I so often use u.c. when editing!
I wouldn't quite say maudlin though. :). Thanks!

yes ... I quickly looked in and spent a few hours tossing the word "absentee" around in my head - i really must double check these things!

Phew! I'm feeling so much better now- despite ginge's slapdown.

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