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[maurice]

14d The answer is obvious, but does anyone follow "half set on a stool, we hear" or the correponding letters in the solution (which I can't reveal, as it would be a key to the theme!) ?

[paulintownsville]

It is Buttercup, maybe half of buttock or the stool cups your butt

[Tilly2]

Who's the compiler this week, maurice? I haven't got the paper yet.

[paulintownsville]

its Paul

[Tilly2]

Thank you, paul.

[sedge47]

Butterc sounds like buttock (half of bottom) + up (on a stool).

[maurice]

Very original, thank you, but I'm not quite convinced:"butt" alone of course = "bottom", but...??????????????????

[maurice]

Thank you, too, sedge -- that sounds more like it, but a bit far-fetched, no?!!