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Maxxer | 13:09 Thu 23rd Jan 2025 | Crosswords
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A nice, gentle offering from Fire this week; but I'm struggling to parse the wordplay in 24a:

Returning to minister's house, discovered cat hiding in furniture (8)

'Ottomans' fits but can someone explain why ?

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'cat' is TOM + [m]ANS[e] 'ministers house' ['discovered' = uncovered] after 'TO' is reversed.
13:25 Thu 23rd Jan 2025

'cat' is TOM + [m]ANS[e] 'ministers house' ['discovered' = uncovered] after 'TO' is reversed.

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Thanks, ProfessorMaisie !

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