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TioMateo | 16:51 Tue 20th Aug 2024 | Crosswords
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Bird of old days once breaking into husk (8)  S?E?D?C?   Looks like SHELDUCK but, apart from definition = Bird, why the rest?

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Eld, old, inside Shuck, husk
16:52 Tue 20th Aug 2024
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Eld, old, inside Shuck, husk

16:52 Tue 20th Aug 2024
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Shelduck - 'eld' (old days, in) 'shuck' (husk)

16:53 Tue 20th Aug 2024
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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/eld

16:54 Tue 20th Aug 2024
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The Chambers definition of Eld is actually ' archaic, age, old age or senility, former times or antiquity' - so I think the 'once# reflects the archaic.

16:54 Tue 20th Aug 2024
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It does, yes.

16:56 Tue 20th Aug 2024

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