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grahamr

30th April 2022, 15:09
Am having problems with parsing 7d.

Knife found in dried up sea is kept for the record (8)

Help gratefully appreciated.
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jono

30th April 2022, 15:16
The middle four letters are the knife (a slang term). The outside four letters are the dried up sea (Russian)
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gooner

1st May 2022, 12:58
Help appreciated with last one in:

51d "Stock a line in fashionable style" (5). T?L?N

Looks like it can only be TALON; can see AL for a line but how does the rest parse?

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jono

1st May 2022, 13:06
Talon is stock (in card playing) and TON is fashion. A L you have
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gooner

1st May 2022, 13:25
Thanks very much jono.
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jono

1st May 2022, 13:47
Glad I could help
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merryphil

2nd May 2022, 10:19
Before plunging into 1553 would someone explain 12d Dickens is so naff, too (11).EUPHEMISTIC but how?
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merryphil

2nd May 2022, 10:25
before plunging into 1554.........
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magpie9

2nd May 2022, 19:58
I presume that "Dickens" and "naff" are both euphemisms.
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merryphil

2nd May 2022, 22:12
thank you, but I am not sure I am any clearer.
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