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catsrcool | 12:51 Sat 10th Mar 2012 | Crosswords
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last one: The parasite of Bleak House to remove top of shaft (8) S?I?P?L? SKIMPILY why?
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(Harold) Skimpole , wonderfully played by Tom Wilkinson.
Skim + pole
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Thanks BIGJACK
Skimpole - character in Bleak House who 'borrows' money. And remove top = skim, shaft = pole.
Sorry, Skimpole was T P McKenna -the similar Dickens character played by Tom Wilkinson was Seth Pecksniff in Martin Chuzzlewit.
It is SKIMPOLE...a parasitic character from Bleak House. SKIM-remove top of ...POLE-shaft.
It is SKIMPOLE...a parasitic character from Bleak House. SKIM-remove top of ...POLE-shaft.

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