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[valerie1]

2d Retiring at sudden start? (3) ?T?

3d Downcast university 8 (4) ?A?E

[sandyRoe]

3 Yale ?

[shoota]

2d Shy?
3d Blue?

[elliemay1]

Yale doesn't fit in.
The letters are ?L?E which suggests BLUE. I know this means DOWNCAST but how does it fit in with the rest of the clue??

[elliemay1]

Anyone able to help with this one ,please?

[dannyk13]

University sportsmen are blues

[dannyk13]

And eight is the number of crew in the boat race

[boxtops]

2d looks like SHY, if the T is wrong - what gives you the T?

3d Blue means downcast, you get a university Blue if you represent them at a sport. what's the answer to 8 which is relevant to this clue?

[Mamyalynne]

yes and 8 as is a rowing eight.

[boxtops]

thanks danny, you weren't there just now!

[elliemay1]

Thank you so much, dannyk13. Never knew that!