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strangelybrown

22nd April 2025, 12:41
10a Declared cockle kosher (5) Looks like 'pukka', but I don't understand the cockle reference.

12a Strong muscles suffering reverse growth (8)
?t?l?a?t

24d Look happy at last after vegetable pasty (5)
Peaky? Pea is vegetable but I can't parse the last two letters.
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geeker

22nd April 2025, 12:51
12a = stalwart
lats backward followed by wart
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jono

22nd April 2025, 12:51
10a Cockle is a synonym for pucker (sounds like pukka).

24d last letters (at last) k y
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geeker

22nd April 2025, 12:53
10a homophone for "pucker" = cockle (v)
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geting

22nd April 2025, 13:34
As you say, PEA + last letters of loo(K) happ(Y)
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geting

22nd April 2025, 13:35
Sorry, didn't notice Jono's reply
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strangelybrown

22nd April 2025, 14:24
Thank you, didn't know lats, or pucker = cockle.
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