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strangelybrown

10th July 2022, 10:15
57a Worn-out woman pelted with stones (11).
Looks like ‘delapidated’ but I can’t parse it.
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brendan

10th July 2022, 10:17
Hi SB,

Woman = DI + LAPIDATED Pelted with stones.
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strangelybrown

10th July 2022, 10:25
Thanks B, I didn’t know that second word.
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strangelybrown

10th July 2022, 13:01
27d Initially limited by weakness, it’s a way to get out (3,6,6)

I had to get all the crossing letters before guessing this is ‘leg before wicket’ but can’t see why, apart from the definition.
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jazzgirl

10th July 2022, 13:07
Initially L B W ( first letters of Limited Bedore Weakness)
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jazzgirl

10th July 2022, 13:12
*correction : first letters of Limited by weakness
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strangelybrown

10th July 2022, 14:28
Thank you.
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rocketman

10th July 2022, 20:00
Can't quite see this one:-

47 Down - "Frenzied woman crazy about another" (6) -A-N-D
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jazzgirl

10th July 2022, 20:08
Maenad
mad about Ena
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rocketman

10th July 2022, 20:10
Thanks, Jazzgirl - I've never heard of that name - it definitely sounds Welsh!
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