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Fairygodmother | 14:26 Thu 29th Mar 2012 | Crosswords
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17d watch ruffian seizing man on board? Not right? (7)????o??
5d load cook initially found having to cut sign of addatives? (8) e???d?e?
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17d Lookout
5d Encumber
I got Lookout as the answer to 17 down (it's the only word that fits) but I'm blowed if I fully understand it. The ruffian is a lout a lookout is a man on board, but then so is K for King in chess. I am absolutely stumped by the "not right" bit. Perhaps Dannyk13 will come to the rescue again.
R(ook) on chess board
the man on board (chess, that is) is a rok, less r for rght = ook.
sorry, dannyk13 if this steals your thunder, but no sign of follow up at the moment from you.
lout takes in (seizing) (R) ook (not R)
a rook is a man in chess

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