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Just one parsing query from last Saturday :-
6Dn At West Ham, was required to get match fit (8) A?E?U?T?. The answer is likely to be ADEQUATE (fit). I understand that AD E is Cockney pronunciation for "HAD TO" (required to), and that EQUATE can stand for match, but the E of Equate has already been "used up" to provide the Cockney pronunciation of TO in HAD TO. So how does QUATE stand for match?
I know it's pedantic, but this is The Times, not The Irish Times, and rules are rules.
6Dn At West Ham, was required to get match fit (8) A?E?U?T?. The answer is likely to be ADEQUATE (fit). I understand that AD E is Cockney pronunciation for "HAD TO" (required to), and that EQUATE can stand for match, but the E of Equate has already been "used up" to provide the Cockney pronunciation of TO in HAD TO. So how does QUATE stand for match?
I know it's pedantic, but this is The Times, not The Irish Times, and rules are rules.
Answers
There is already a to in the wordplay so you just need ad (was required in cockney)
19:03 Tue 24th Jan 2023
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