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mra1 | 20:58 Fri 11th May 2012 | Crosswords
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Re shoo-in from Francis - he was a member of partliament - is there any kind of a dead seat or something like it - it has to be D for Dance hall
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Got it folks - wrong Francis - looking for Dick Francis - dead heat!
aaahhh.... i completely forgot about him
Looks like DEAD CERT, but I don't pretend to be able to explain why.
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The actual book is Dead Heat - a dead cert would be a shoo-in but is the expression restricted to racing? I went for the title but am now thinking I am wrong!
a "dead cert" is a shoo-in---a sure thing---and there seems to be a Dick Francis book with DEAD CERT as its title
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