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thom

25th August 2025, 14:14
May I have a hint please

Grammar school education recalled in outdated scorn (5)

I have S - OI -

It looks like the second letter wants to be D but I can’t see how that can be??
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quisling

25th August 2025, 14:21
Thom, your O is wrong. And the first letter of the wordplay is extra, and is the letter over in the anagram fodder in the “Iago’s” clue. Your O seems to come from a past tense in the “Disown” clue. It should be present tense.
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thom

25th August 2025, 14:28
Thank you!
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thom

25th August 2025, 16:14
Me again! What’s with this rearranging. I’ve found the row, the last seven letters of which give a lovely thematic looking word but the first five are nonsense. Unless I’ve gone catastrophically wrong somewhere it really looks like this is the only thing it can be?
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quisling

25th August 2025, 16:22
You have the correct row, Thom. See if you can find an eight-letter word in the row, and then work out its location. Think of the row as a Dingbat
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thom

25th August 2025, 16:22
ah I’ve got it!
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graham9perkins

29th August 2025, 16:32
Great puzzle! “Tough but fair” was a good description. I see a few people struggled with getting the first few clues. Actually it was easier to start at the bottom! And essential to put in the bars - just ignore them in the end game.
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