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[lashley]

last one-explanation please
7d Shirley's london amenity said to conceal scottish explorer 4,5 H?D?/P?R?E hyde=hide=conceal,park=scottish explorer but why extra e and shirley=bronte?

[Arti]

James Shirley was a playwright who wrote one called 'Hyde Park'. The 'said to' part refers to both 'hyde' and 'park'.

[boxtops]

How does the second word being 5 letters fit in, then?

[Arti]

Sorry, boxy, I did mean to add that the clue and/or answer is 5hit. They've messed up somewhere, I think.

[Arti]

Unless it's Olde English, because I think he was from around those times.

[mazie]

there is also a suburb in London called Shirley

[boxtops]

So it could be Parke.. but when you google it doesn't show it at all with the extra E.

[Arti]

Doesn't it? Dunno, then. Lash, have you been on the lash and added an extra letter by mistake? ;)

[mazie]

Nice Avatar Arti x

[Arti]

Thanks, Maze :) Very kind ;) x

[lashley]

no-the e is definitely there but thanks all

[scotman]

this might be it

http://xtf.lib.virgin...tei/chevd_V1.0221.xml

[boxtops]

well done scotman, it is Ye Olde spelling!

[WuTang]

Mungo Park

[scotman]

My good deed for today. I'm off to bed to listen to radio for a little while.

[lashley]

hanks again