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The Week 1213
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Just one clue where I have the answer but don't understand the parsing of the wordplay :-
1) Greek island is attached to kind of fried pastry (6) ?A?O?A. Definition = fried pastry (samosa), Greek island = Samos, but where does the final "a" come from? Logically it should represent "kind of", but I don't see how. It would have been very simple for the clue to read :- "Greek island is attached to a fried pastry", but he chose not to do that. What am I missing?
1) Greek island is attached to kind of fried pastry (6) ?A?O?A. Definition = fried pastry (samosa), Greek island = Samos, but where does the final "a" come from? Logically it should represent "kind of", but I don't see how. It would have been very simple for the clue to read :- "Greek island is attached to a fried pastry", but he chose not to do that. What am I missing?
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There was another typo in this issue, so it's quite possible an "a" is missing from the clue.
11:17 Sat 20th Jun 2020