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buddy

18th October 2025, 19:19
thanks muraria, that pushed me over the line
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muraria

18th October 2025, 19:49
Great, buddy!
This was pretty obscure even for us Brits but it was the workmen that sorted it for me.
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sloth

19th October 2025, 10:36
I'm struggling to break into the upper right half of this one. Can someone give a hint on 14A?
"From some Egyptian around action, curtailed through Cardinal (likewise) (7)"
There is a misprint which I suspect gives "ground" for "around". I only have -i-----.
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ozzy

19th October 2025, 10:57
Sloth, you are right on the misprint. The curtailed action is a legal process and the curtailed cardinal is a number which contributes the letter that you have. The answer is not a word that I have encountered before. Hope this helps.
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ozzy

19th October 2025, 11:09
Perhaps 10ac might be a better way in. It is hyphenated (4-3).
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sloth

19th October 2025, 17:21
Thaks Ozzy, sharing the i cryptic with my wife over a Newcastle Broon in the pub at the moment but I'll have another look later. Cheers!
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cockie

19th October 2025, 18:05
Full grid, no idea what's going on round the edges. I have found a solitary GEORGE whose presence does nothing to help me fill the rest. A hint, perhaps, from some kind soul who sees a traveller in distress. (I've tried sticking the Z in various cells, but to no avail.)
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ozzy

19th October 2025, 18:50
Cockie, have a guess at the two names running up the right hand side and Google them - hopefully will give you a lead.
The z is the last letter of a surname.
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dfg2

19th October 2025, 19:41
Cockie, George then a six letter surname.
ā€œZā€ @ 13/13.
He nearly got away with it !
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cockie

19th October 2025, 21:50
It was placing the Z (which I'd already decided had to go there) which unlocked it. What a rum do!
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