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Daily Mail Prize Crossword Friday June 22nd 2012
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4d plaster base for gilding art in france and so on (5) g----
The answer is obviously 'GESSO' as previously answered, but why ?
SO on GES ?
4d plaster base for gilding art in france and so on (5) g----
The answer is obviously 'GESSO' as previously answered, but why ?
SO on GES ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Sorry to disagree, but I have never, ever, seen the letter 'g' clued as 'France'.
'art' can only really mean 'es' if there's some indication that the language being used is French. And if 'France' were also clueing the letter 'g', then it would be doing double-duty, which isn't allowed.
So here, the 'g' is the base (i.e. the first letter of) 'gilding'.
The definition is simply 'plaster'.
'art' can only really mean 'es' if there's some indication that the language being used is French. And if 'France' were also clueing the letter 'g', then it would be doing double-duty, which isn't allowed.
So here, the 'g' is the base (i.e. the first letter of) 'gilding'.
The definition is simply 'plaster'.