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6th August 2022, 20:32

8d Expose gamble by one forecasting fall of dictator? (3,4)
I think the answer is lay bare, but I can't parse it fully?

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6th August 2022, 20:43

Lay is to lay a bet, I.e. gamble, and a bear is one who expects the stock market to fall. So bare is a homophone (of dictator)

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6th August 2022, 20:44

Yes, lay bare; lay (gamble) + sounds like bear (a stockmarket term).

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6th August 2022, 20:45

I think this is LAY (gamble, as in lay a bet), then a homophone (dictator) of BARE/BEAR (one forecasting a fall, as in a bear in the stock market)

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6th August 2022, 20:47

…too slow 😂

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6th August 2022, 22:40

Thanks Quisling, Ginge and Jono.

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