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Jennykenny | 08:40 Sat 26th Mar 2016 | Crosswords
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1a. Quarterback in France about two miles out, in the shade(9).
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looks like turquoise to me 2d is Uppsala
09:06 Sat 26th Mar 2016
Any letters placed?
Possibly ends in E

I haven't girded my loins to tackle this yet but, for the uninitiated, the wordplay is missing 2 identical letters. It's available to all here https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/prize/26842
2nd letter u
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Last letter e. Which is no help.
I get quarterback, I think is compass points reversed, but it takes me no further.
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I'm assuming Uppsala is 2d?
Right
looks like turquoise to me 2d is Uppsala
So Q-S----- for 3d (Nissan model remains on the Great North Road)?
Q ash Q A i
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QR reversed in TOISE (old French unit of distance) plus two included unclued Us = TURQUOISE
...but a 'toise' is 2 metres, not miles

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