Oldie Cxrossword 405

[Pipm]

14a Firm's only source of liquidity (7) - I have c*l****

[mallyh]

colonel

[1ozzy]

Please explain to a numb nut dear girl

[emmie]

i must be one too....

[emmie]

firm is Co but the rest?

[mallyh]

i googled it and that was the answer that came up x

[1ozzy]

That's the part I don't get Emmie.

[emmie]

ok go with it, i did think it might be colony but that's only six.

[emmie]

only source (lone in clue)...

[mallyh]

co(company) lone (only) l(liqidity ) ...possibly x

[emmie]

better than anything i can think of...

[1ozzy]

Mallyh, you need to parse your answer, otherwise I'll stop believing in you.

[mallyh]

look up ozzy xx

[Pipm]

Thanks, mallyh, lone is only, l is source of liquidity, but what is colonel all about?!

[1ozzy]

So I'm not the only one;-)

Still don't get it.

Geez, how dumb can I be?

[scrunge999]

You’re not dumb at all, ozzy. According to the preamble two clues don’t have a definition - this must be one of them.

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