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Ray Nolan | 07:51 Tue 15th Aug 2023 | Crosswords
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One who speaks in public on behalf of the government (7)
- - B - T - R
Can only be DEBATER or ARBITER.
Cannot see "speak in public" connection with ARBITER.
Cannot see "on behalf of government" connection with DEBATER.
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Think I'd go with 'debater', but poor clue. I suppose they debate in Parliament but that's the Opposition too.

We could debate this all day but you are the final arbiter on the answer you put down. :))
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Thanks, Captain 2.
It is a poor, unsatisfying clue. I will go with DEBATER. Cheers.
Doesnt feel right to me, are you sure of all them letters??
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Thanks for arbitrating, Captain 2!
wheres your B from please?
Fibster if your talking about some goverment spokespeople!
I was expecting orator to be in there
Webster?
This clue caused the same debate (pun intended) when last asked in Lovatts in 2012

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1096630.html
bit of a stretch but...https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Webster
Well the mighty bibblebub came down on the side of 'arbiter' but I still prefer 'debater' (if, as bobbin asks, your letters are correct).
thanks for old link captain... neither seems right to me but i cant suggest anything better if letters are right which seems likely as they give them last time
I suppose an arbiter would take part in arbitration between two parties, eg during a strike, but that doesn’t take place in public. But then neither is a debate in the Commons public in the true sense of the word…debates sometimes are public though so I’d go with DEBATER.

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