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[peegypops]

18d customer is a bossy girl

[shaneystar2]

Madam

[Lie-in King]

18d Madam

Hi peegypops - it's always nice to include the number of letters & any you've placed, so that people without the puzzle can more readily help you :-)

[peegypops]

sorry I realized after I'd sent it was missing something so sent it again with my queried answer.....why customer? just cos shes addressed as madam?

[shaneystar2]

Shop assistants would address a customer as madam
A bossy girl is also a madam ,as in
"She's a right little madam "

[Lie-in King]

Yes, that's why - Chambers gives "...or any female customer in a shop..."

[factor-fiction]

Hi peegypops- at least you managed to type a clue this time before submitting. You can add extra info just by replying to your own question (as you did later) without having to start another thread.
I think your explanation of Madam is correct but it doesn't seem a great clue to me

[shaneystar2]

a precocious or pompous little girl
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Madam

[peegypops]

thank you all..... bit since I've been on here...will get the hang of it soon