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itsme

28th January 2019, 16:07
I'm stumped ..... help please.

13d. Cockchafer grasped in grip of dung-beetle. (10) d??mb?edor

Thanks.
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malone

28th January 2019, 16:09
Dumbledor, cockchafer. Dor, at the end, is a dung-beetle but I haven't parsed the rest.
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rusty

28th January 2019, 16:12
Only 9 letters in your answer, Malone?
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drxx

28th January 2019, 16:13
itsme - 'rumbled' = 'grasped' inside (as malone says) dor.
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itsme

28th January 2019, 16:14
There is drumbledor, but it keeps coming up as bumblebee.
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itsme

28th January 2019, 16:16
Just found drumbledor .... it comes up as brown cockchafer.
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drxx

28th January 2019, 16:17
itsme - Look under the entry for 'drumble' in Chambers.
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itsme

28th January 2019, 16:18
So .... rumbled inside dor ??? ;o)
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itsme

28th January 2019, 16:19
drxx ..... my Chambers is still an unwrapped competition prize ! lol
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drxx

28th January 2019, 16:23
itsme - How have you managed without it? Break it out!
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