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doctordolittle | 09:20 Sun 03rd May 2015 | Crosswords
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I have two left.

Crustacean's stomach getting thump (7) C_AW_A_ is I think CRAWDAD - a type of crustacean = CRAW stomach + DAD but how do I get DAD from thump?

Currency no longer supplied in local branches(4) _ _ IS. If CRAWDAD is right the first letter is R.
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Dad is in Chambers with a definition of 'thump'.
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I take your word for it - I can't find it in Chambers on line.

So R_IS it is then
Reis, obsolete Portuguese coin and it also means branches.
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The only 'reis' meaning branches I can find is in German!!
It's in Chambers under the second definition of 'rice' - 'obsolete except dialect, twigs or small branches collectively, brushwood...'

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