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puzzledbob

22nd January 2022, 14:45
21 Across - Fish leaving river - cost measured in lives? (4)

I know the answer is TOLL, and that is of course "cost measured in lives" but I can't see how we get there from "fish leaving river". Can anyone tell me what I am missing, please?
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chrise

22nd January 2022, 14:50
TROLLING is a method of fishing, so "fish" as a verb (troll) less R for river
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puzzledbob

22nd January 2022, 17:12
Great, thanks - that was a new meaning to me!
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bassett

22nd January 2022, 21:06
1Across - Retreating sailors protected by Irish front line, 19 Down - Threatening to have party for graduate experiencing sorrow, 20 Down - Get intoxicated long after beer has run out, and 27 Down - Eggs from hen - six delivered for picking up? I think the answers are Isobar, Doleful, Bewitch and Ova, but would appreciate help in parsing them.
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quisling

22nd January 2022, 21:20
All correct.
AB and OS are both abbreviations for sailor inside IR (Irish), a weather front line.
Baleful has Do replacing BA
Bewitch is Brew less R plus Itch (long). Verb to make intoxicated
Ova is a homophone for Six balls (deliveries) in cricket
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quisling

22nd January 2022, 21:22
AB (short for Able Bodied) seaman
OS short for Ordinary Seaman
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bassett

23rd January 2022, 09:37
Thanks very much, Quisling.
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strangelybrown

24th January 2022, 12:54
17d Spanish region with a mostly luxurious island area (9)

Looks like Andalusia, but I can't see the "mostly luxurious".
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malone

24th January 2022, 13:02
Lus(h),luxurious (mostly/the word gets cut) And, with, A in clue Lus+ I, island +A,area.
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strangelybrown

24th January 2022, 13:16
Thank you Malone.
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