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jono

24th August 2025, 10:29
I thought this was very good, slightly harder than last week perhaps. I tend to prefer it when there’s no thematic device involved.

I’m left with one query which is the reference to “eight” in 26a. The clue is fully checked but I’d still like to understand it.
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quisling

24th August 2025, 11:10
A byte is 8 bits, and so a megabyte is 8 million of them
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jono

24th August 2025, 11:12
Thanks Quisling, I knew it would be something like that!
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brendan

24th August 2025, 11:12
Hi Jono,

the eight refers to the number of "bits" im a ???abit
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jono

24th August 2025, 11:16
Thanks Bren
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brendan

24th August 2025, 11:20
Thanks Jono, if if I was a day late and a dollar short.

For a moment I was worried you'd taken umbrage at my jest in the Everyman thread (I'm kidding, of course)
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jono

24th August 2025, 11:24
🤣 not at all. I hope for the day I win something, anything! Actually I was pleased with my Azed clue entry last month, fingers crossed!
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brendan

24th August 2025, 12:03
Thanks Jono and good luck with your Azed clue entry:-)

5d - Tap indicators after initially letting out Katrine, say (4)

I have the answer and presume the first 2 letters are given by "initially" but how to the last 2 mean "tap indicators"? I've checked Chambers under those initials and, while they do have several meanings, not of them seem to fit.
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buddy

24th August 2025, 12:06
Think tap as in where the water comes out.
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jono

24th August 2025, 12:06
What you may find in your bathroom?
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