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TioMateo | 12:58 Sun 12th Feb 2023 | Crosswords
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7dn :- Dream of clock perhaps on top of abbey (7) C?I?E?A. Looks like CHIMERA (Dream) and CHIME = clock, but why/how does RA = abbey?

19Dn :- Extremely eager dog restrained by gracious Queen's lead (7) M?R?U?Y. It looks as if it has to be MERCURY, but I'm struggling here :- I can only parse part of it and can't even see the definition. R = extremely eager, CUR = dog, but how does ME....Y fit with gracious Queen's lead?
Is the definition "lead"? But then, why "mercury"
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Chimera - 'chimer' (clock, perhaps) + 'a(bbey)' (top) (Freddie) Mercury (Queen's lead) - 'e(age)r' (extremely) + 'cur' (in) 'my' (gracious!)
13:00 Sun 12th Feb 2023
7 clock = chimer & a(bbey)
Chimera - 'chimer' (clock, perhaps) + 'a(bbey)' (top)

(Freddie) Mercury (Queen's lead) - 'e(age)r' (extremely) + 'cur' (in) 'my' (gracious!)
extremely eager - ER
dog - CUR
both inside MY - an exclamation like Gracious!
Queen's lead, another name for mercury
E(age)r cur (dog) inside my (gracious!)
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Thanks both Toorak and L-i K. I'm sure you're right in saying that CHIMER is clock. I had taken CHIME to be clock in the sense of "to hit" which they both mean as a verb. That left me with RA for abbey which I couldn't crack. Whilst I'm sure you're right about A and abbey, I'm very grumpy that Chambers has Abb for abbey, and does not have A for abbey. Can you point me to where does show A = abbey. TIA
Top of abbey means the first letter of abbey = a
"...top of abbey" is 'a'
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How dim can one be!? Thank you both.

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