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whetstone

4th February 2024, 13:23
4d. Voice from the crowd
EXPRESS

11a. Not at all keen to give credit
SCEPTICAL

22a. Game in which Diane and Jack have nothing on, look!
DIABALO

10d. Head for square
REPAIR

Parses for the above please.
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chrise

4th February 2024, 15:24
mm, difficult!
22 is diabOlo, though
di ab o lo
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malone

4th February 2024, 15:35
4 Ex, from, Press, crowd.
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malone

4th February 2024, 15:39
Sorry, I should have added - for 4, the Ex is common in Latin phrases - ex libris, ex nihilio, all meaning 'from...'
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geting

4th February 2024, 15:39
4d Express

Ex = from + Press = crowd

10d Repair

A double definition i.e to make one's way towards/ to make something right
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malone

4th February 2024, 15:40
10 Repair means 'to take oneself to' , head for, and also 'to put right', square.
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whetstone

5th February 2024, 10:47
Cheers for the parses.

My typo re: DIABOLO
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whetstone

10th February 2024, 12:07
27a. Working in bonds needs reliable fellow settling
BRICKLAYER

19d. Truck coming and going
TRAFFIC

8d. Anatole with society girl
FRANCES

Parses for the above please.
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geting

10th February 2024, 13:03
27a. Working in bonds needs reliable fellow settling
BRICKLAYER

Reliable fellow = BRICK + fellow settling = LAYER
In bricklaying, the bond is the pattern in which the bricks are set

19d. Truck coming and going
TRAFFIC

Truck = exchange/barter = a coming-and-going = TRAFFIC

8d. Anatole with society girl
FRANCES

Anatole FRANCE = French author + S for society
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whetstone

10th February 2024, 15:10
Thanks geting...that BRICKLAYER clue is poor IMO!
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