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colmm

21st September 2026, 19:14
Tnx again Malone,

Next one: 53, 2D: Nobbled, taking up shell. ANS: Duped

Parse please.
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jono

21st September 2026, 19:27
Are you sure the answer isn’t DOPED, that would mean nobbled (as in a racing horse) and a reversal of de-pod (to shell)
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malone

21st September 2026, 19:42
Jono, thanks. I spent some time trying to get Duped to work, I wish I'd come to your conclusion! That sounds spot on.
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colmm

21st September 2026, 19:55
Tnx jono,

My eyesight is getting worse. Doped is correct and I might have parsed that myself!!
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jono

21st September 2026, 20:01
No problem, I’m pleased it was correct.
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colmm

21st September 2026, 20:13
Next, 55, 1A: North Country force suffers defeat. ANS: Falls.

I get suffers defeat but NC force?
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jono

21st September 2026, 20:25
Force and falls are both terms for waterfalls. Force is probably a northern term, there are certainly such examples in the Lake District.
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colmm

21st September 2026, 21:53
Tnx jonno,

Did not know force meant waterfall.
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colmm

24th September 2026, 17:25
Next, 56, 13A Country disc that ought to be hit: ANS: Clay pigeon

Parse please.
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jono

24th September 2026, 17:33
Just a (not very) cryptic definition I think.
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