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Thanks Jono, now I think of it, H and A are commonly used to indicate if a team is playing home or away.

I've become so reliant on Chambers (even without the latest update grrrr), it appears to be interfering with ability to think independently.

I've been internetless for 36 hours, ao I've only just seen this thread. No-one seems to have mentioned that 12a is a toad, not a frog!

Me @82
Wiki says it's a frog, though. It was a much studied organism scientifically, and was always known as a toad!

Rather late to the forum but if anyone is still here could you help me parse 22A? I don’t think it’s been discussed yet. The solution is pretty clear but I can’t begin to parse it. No one has mentioned it yet I think so I must be missing something obvious!

Hi Wieghorst,

22a - 1 letter "Thailand" the 5 letter "grotesque" (this is a common word but its meaning here is Shakesperian) and that goes around single letter "runs" - definition is "type of sex"

Apparently Sting and his partner were vocal practitionesr of it, often singing its praises.

Sorry, I keep writing "the" when I mean "then" and have no ideaa why, but it's like the 4th or 5th time I've done it this weekend!

Thanks Brendan

That alternative for grotesque is a new one on me but with that the rest is simple.

Thank you

Just to clarify,

The 5 letter word ususally means 'trick' or 'caper' and Shakespeare used it to mean "A grotesque pageant", however, Chambers also says that its archaic meaning was "grotesque".

Thanks Wieghorst, our posts crossed.

I added that extra information not because I thought you would need it, and you clearly didn't, but because I just can't help myself!

Just one question. Can anyone confirm that the abbreviation in question really is in use for Thailand? My searches have failed to do so.