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I Cryptic 1403 Saturday August 8Th 2015

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filbertfox11 | 00:18 Thu 13th Aug 2015 | Crosswords
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Last one. 17d. Not entirely spare pitch for winter sports event (8) B?N?P?E? I think the answer is BONSPIEL (a curling competition) but I can't make sense of the clue. I would appreciate some help please.
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Spare = thin = bon(y)

Pitch = spiel (e.g.salesman's pitch)
BON(y) - spare or thin + SPIEL - a salesman's patter or pitch.
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Many thanks Ouzel. Easy when you know how. I would never have worked that out in a month of Sundays. Off to bed shortly, thanks to your help.
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Many thanks also to Jackdaw33.

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