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Ev 1605 Parsing Help Please

JJ109 | 15:11 Mon 28th Aug 2023 | Crosswords

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I think these are my last two. Each clue has a superfluous letter

15d Funeral ode that is driven by decreased turning up under extreme pressure (7)
The answer is EPICEDE (a funeral ode), I can see parts of the parsing but not all of it

20d Plants in vase at last overcoming introduction of parasites (8)
I have S _ M _ IRES
I think it is sampires (plants) but can't parse the rest.

Thankyou - this puzzle has done my head in and it is getting late, so I shall respond in the morning. Many thanks!

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Irish Mail On Sunday Crossword No 1349

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ProfessorMaisie

Best Answer

20d starts with v before it's replaced by the last letter of 'vaS[e]' - parasites/bloodsuckers.

15:47 Mon 28th Aug 2023

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JJ109

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Why is it as soon as I have posted I have seen the parsing for 15d?
Thesurplus letter is the D of Driven
Therefore ie (that is) "riven / split" by dec(reasing) reversed
= icede
following ep (extreme pressure)

Therefore the superfluous letter in 2d is likely to be an E

Neveracrossword

Well done, JJ, I just stuck the answers in yesterday. PS The clue has 'deceased', not 'decreased'.

JJ109

Question Author

Ha! I can't read my own writing! It got missed off the bottom of the page when I printed it, and so I wrote it on by hand!!! Thanks!

ProfessorMaisie

20d starts with v before it's replaced by the last letter of 'vaS[e]' - parasites/bloodsuckers.

JJ109

Question Author

Many thanks once again ProfessorMaisie. All finished now!

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