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chrise

10th April 2026, 07:45
5 GREATS is an OU course, then CO TT

8 pages in a book are RECTO or VERSO, depending on which way they face. Presumably the last one is RECTO. It's RECTOR (senior academic) minus the last R
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malone

10th April 2026, 07:47
5 D. Greats, Oxford (university) exam, C/O, care of (as in an address) TT, teacher training initially. Great Scott, my word. (PS I'd always thought it was Great Scot, am not sure why!)
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whetstone

10th April 2026, 07:50
Cheers, I'd never heard of GREATS before.
Anyone worked out SIGHTSEER?
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malone

10th April 2026, 07:55
Sight means many, a lot
Steer with the T, Turkey removed.
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whetstone

10th April 2026, 08:18
Understood, thanks malone and chrise
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whetstone

10th April 2026, 11:32
12a. Landed, rolling over in fight, producing knife
STILETTO

16a. Enthusiast cut trial recording
DEMO

2d. Gas power almost failed - almost
ARGON

22d. A plan to get rid of electric current in upper floor
ATTIC

Parses for the above please.
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chrise

10th April 2026, 11:38
12 LIT (landed, alighted) backwards in SET TO (fight)

22 A T(ac)TIC - AC is the electric current
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whetstone

10th April 2026, 11:55
Thanks chrise
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whetstone

10th April 2026, 11:59
Maybe 16 is DEMON with the N cut off.(?), definition is 'trial recording '.
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chrise

10th April 2026, 12:02
Perhaps, though DEMON for enthusiast is very loose.

2 finishes GON(e), but I don't see how to get from power to AR
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