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The Generalist By Didymus (Prospect April)
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A bit stubborn this month :
12A : Wooded (8) : ?E?O?O?S
13A : A form of Mandarin taught all over China (3-2) : K??-??
29A : Collection of folk tales in the Neapolitan dialect by Giambattista Basile (10) : ?E?T?M???N : the only answer I can find is 11 long : PENTAMERONE
9D : Photographic technique in which the light source is in front of the camera lens (6-4) : ???T?E-?O?R
24D : Become effeminate (8) : W?M?N?S? : is it WOMANISE, WOMANISH, WOMANIST : grammatically none of them seem quite right?
28D : A kind of hummingbird (5) : S?L?H
44D : A military orderly room, in India (6) : D?F?A?
Many thanks
12A : Wooded (8) : ?E?O?O?S
13A : A form of Mandarin taught all over China (3-2) : K??-??
29A : Collection of folk tales in the Neapolitan dialect by Giambattista Basile (10) : ?E?T?M???N : the only answer I can find is 11 long : PENTAMERONE
9D : Photographic technique in which the light source is in front of the camera lens (6-4) : ???T?E-?O?R
24D : Become effeminate (8) : W?M?N?S? : is it WOMANISE, WOMANISH, WOMANIST : grammatically none of them seem quite right?
28D : A kind of hummingbird (5) : S?L?H
44D : A military orderly room, in India (6) : D?F?A?
Many thanks
Answers
24d: womanise (transitive verb) http://www.c ollinsdictio nary.com/dic tionary/engl ish/womanize
18:38 Fri 25th Mar 2016
29a: the non-E Pentameron is available on Amazon http:// www.ama zon.com /The-Pe ntamero n-Giamb attista -Basile /dp/B00 9AKS6E8