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Duncer | 11:30 Tue 01st Sep 2015 | Crosswords
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wWrong receptacle for smoker without aspiration (6) ?S?R?Y

I'm sure this is astray, but how does the H get removed from that clue?
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Astray round H (aspiration)
11:31 Tue 01st Sep 2015
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As(h)tray
11:31 Tue 01st Sep 2015
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wrong...as(h) tray
11:32 Tue 01st Sep 2015
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Astray, wrong - Ashtray without the 'h'/aspiration, dropping your aitches.
11:32 Tue 01st Sep 2015
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the h is the aspiration.
11:32 Tue 01st Sep 2015
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Astray - h (hope - aspiration) that's how I took it
11:34 Tue 01st Sep 2015
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Aaaaaaaaah, thanks folks, or should that be "tanks"?
11:34 Tue 01st Sep 2015
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Without in this sense is used as an Adverb meaning 'outside'.
11:35 Tue 01st Sep 2015
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Aspiration


a. articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h -sound of how, or of when (hwen), or in the release of initial stops, as in the k -sound of key.
the use of such a speech sound, or aspirate, in pronunciation.
11:37 Tue 01st Sep 2015

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