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[cracker222]

14d Found out about 6 (4) ?N?O (6 answer is LOOSE) Presumably UNDO (within the clue text) but why? Or is it just a bit sloppy?

[elliemay1]

undo means to loosen something

[Patsy33]

To undo something, it becomes loose

[cracker222]

Hmmm. But where's the instruction that it's within the text?

[cracker222]

Also, LOOSEN would be better, but LOOSE???

[elliemay1]

Loosen up, cracker, it's only a crossword!

[Quizproquo]

Loose can mean to set free or release, so it's perfectly acceptable in that context

[cracker222]

Oh OK ;-)

[scorpiojo]

:)))

[Captain2]

Loose is also a transitive verb - see Def 2 under 'tr v'

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/loose

[elliemay1]

Thank you cracker

[cracker222]

I hadn't realised that loose was a verb as well - sounds American to me, but it seems to be right. I just made a link to the freedictionary (is that US or UK?), which seems to hve a lot more content than Oxford / Chambers / Dictionary.com that I have used in the past. Thanks for that tip Cap'n2

[Captain2]

:))