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[jadzia49]

29d ) Reverse side of coin without king or queen , perhaps (5) . I have ” woman” But can’t parse.
34d) Old artist, no saint, in the ascendant (4) Aged? Again can’t parse.
Thanks , in advance.

[Neveracrossword]

34 Degas, old artist, no S, no saint, in the ascendant - upwards, Aged

[Captain2]

artist = Degas, in the ascendant, without saint = (s)Aged

[Cloverjo]

34) could be Degas reversed without the S for saint?

[bhg481]

29 isn't as simple as "tails" is it? Reverse side of coin = tails. Doesn't have the head of a king or queen on it.

[Neveracrossword]

One definition of Woman is 'reverse side of coin', It could be W/o, without +Man, king or queen, in chess?

[Cloverjo]

Reverse side of coin: N
Without: WO
Man: king
?

[jadzia49]

Thank you all. I was obsessed with saint being ”st” not ”s”.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, jadzia. Any views on the Woman?

[Captain2]

Never heard that definition of woman, NaC. Is it from Chambers, or the like?

[Calibax]

a queen is a man in chess,all the pieces are chessmen

[Neveracrossword]

Captain2, I should have said - it's in Chambers (13th ed). It says ' the reverse or Britannia side of a coin'.

[Captain2]

Ta NaC, thought it must be from one of those 'funny' dictionaries. ;0)))

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Captain2.

Calibax, yes, that was mentioned earlier. I was querying my parsing, it might have been iffy!

[Chinajan]

// 29 isn't as simple as "tails" is it? Reverse side of coin = tails. Doesn't have the head of a king or queen on it. //

Agree with bhg. This would be my answer.

[Neveracrossword]

Chinajan, that wouldn't fit with the crossing letters.

[Captain2]

NaC has the correct parsing and definition

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Captain2. I persuaded myself ... eventually!