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racoony | 17:56 Sat 06th Jun 2015 | Crosswords
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Please help with 2 clues.7 down.Clue is:Hot cooking liquid-litre spilled-look out.3 letters.I have H?I
26 across.Clue is:Dives not applicable-try to float? 5 letters.I have N?B?B.All I can think of is nabob, which does not fit with dives.Any help appreciated.
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26 Divers and Nabob both rich men.

NA + Bob (float)
^ Dives sorry
Di-ves is the name of a rich man, nabob also, and the word-play is na-bob, right?
7 H oi(l)
Dives - rich man - that's my new word for the day; thanks mamya
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Thanks for speedy responses.
Dives
ˈdʌɪviːz/
nounliterary
used to refer to a typical or hypothetical rich man.
"there must be rich and poor, Dives says, smacking his claret"

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