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djawhufc | 06:18 Thu 29th Sep 2016 | Crosswords
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Good old Doc.

Congratulations to a worthy winner- well done Jacqui.

Enjoy

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Thanks as ever Daniel .I'll try not to spend it all at once :)
Unless I have some letters wrong, I can't find the last unclued in Brewer
27d ?E?L?YS
Pomona, it's in my 19th edition Brewer's - near the end of the thematic bit.
That explains why we can't find it - we have the 17th and 18th editions. I don't think it is in those. We have the same letters pomona.
Wesley's oak.In Stony Stratford.
Thanks, Shaneystar2 - we had just worked out what it must be (from Neveracrossword's hint) and Google confirms it but it is really tough if you don't have the latest Brewer. Another of the answers was in the 18th but not in the 17th. We find Brewer annoying as it doesn't have a proper alphabetical index, and don't feel like buying yet another volume of it. There's a grumble for you - but it would surely be such a simple thing to engage somebody for a few weeks to compile an index that would triple the value of the work.
I was lucky enough to win the 19th edition of Brewers otherwise I would be stumped when Doc turns up with his obsession with it .It's not a book I would I would buy.I wonder if he gets a fee for plugging it :)
I also went through various headings until the penny dropped .An alphabetical index would be useful.
Good luck .
Thanks all - yes I have the 18th edition too.... not much use for the last one today!!!!
Will have to try and win one........anyone know crosswords giving it for a prize?
I won mine from the FT Polymath pomana.The prize atm is the latest edition of Chambers dictionary but they do change it from time to time,so worth keeping an eye on it each week.
My Brewer's (old) doesn't have 2dn, assume it's not Elvis? Also wee gripe - the word "area" is not pronounced with an "r" at the end (29 dn).
Got 2dn by guessing.
The Listener gives Brewer as a prize.
On holiday without my copy of Brewer, but I managed to get almost everything. I misled myself with 27D, which I originally had as MERLIN'S (there is one). This made 38A impossible. I have corrected this mistake and now have only 15A. No amount of searching has found it. Could someone give me a hint?
can't think of a hint sorry ..........MEAVY
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Begins with m and ends in y

A village near Dartmoor
I think the Listener prize is Chambers at the moment and I already have 2 of those!
Brewer is available online at Credo reference with your library card number:

http://literati.credoreference./content/entry/brewerphrase/oak

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