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strangelybrown

25th October 2020, 10:34
Hate clues like ‘place in Ireland’, so vague as to be useless, unless you’ve already got the answer and work backwards from there.
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strangelybrown

25th October 2020, 15:29
Given that I can't parse the majority of the answers I think I'm beyond help, but here's a few of the more annoying ones that are bugging me.

36a Scrape trailer filling skip.
A: Escapade.
Can't see the trailer or skip.

23a Religion's expression of enlightenment in repeated Mass.
A: Bahaism.
There's 'aha' and the final 'm' for one mass, that leaves 'bis' I can't explain.

23d Albert's heart, pounding inside loose garment.
A: Bathrobe.
I can see an anagram of heart, but that leave's 'bob' and the 'Albert' unexplained.

And has anyone bothered trying to parse 20a Female suffering terrific stress moved a queue dealt with?
A: First come first served. This was one of the few I got, only because it fitted and matched the definition.
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malone

25th October 2020, 15:35
StrangelyBrown, for 36 the trailer is Ad and the skip is Escape.
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chrise

25th October 2020, 15:36
36 AD - trailer in ESCAPE - skip
23 BIS means "twice" or "repeated"
23 I think the pounding might be THROB, E is AlbErts heart, don't know about the BA
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manxhatter

25th October 2020, 15:50
20a Anagram F terrific stress moved
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malone

25th October 2020, 15:51
23 BE, middle two letters, heart of Albert + Athrob, pounding?

B Athrob e.
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ginge

25th October 2020, 15:52
Hi chrise,
23 athrob in Al)be(rt
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malone

25th October 2020, 15:55
Beat you, Ginge - a novelty!
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ginge

25th October 2020, 16:34
Hi malone, I'm afraid my typing finger isn't getting any faster :o)
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malone

25th October 2020, 16:37
Ginger, you're lucky to have a 'typing' finger. It would be more accurate to call mine a 'stabbing' or 'pecking' finger.
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