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FleshpotsOfDevon | 10:54 Thu 16th Jan 2025 | Crosswords
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Florence's good day in burn swimming with group of three ducks (4,6) ?U?? / GI?R?? 
 

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Buon giorno

Toorak, I get that it's an anagram of 'in burn ooo(3 ducks) g' but where does the 'g' come from please? 

From 'group' (Chambers gives several examples - G5, G7...).

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Thanks! 

Thanks Professor Maisie

I thought this a very stiff test with some fiendish glueing from Pabulum. The author was unknown to me and without Google's help the puzzle would have been left unfinished

My only inexplicable solution is 23a: Warriors lacking respect, ignoring men from Africa (4)

It's obviously 'impi' but I can't quite parse the wordplay

Impi (warriors) = impious (lacking respect) - ous (an ou is a man or chap or bloke in South African slang)

Thanks, JJ109 !

I thought that this was very tough

I have the poem and the perimeter words, the unclued lights and the author but i have a few clued lights that have me stumped

Any help greatly appreciated

9A Canon meeting King and Queen (5) R?L??

4D Fish lover with love for allice primarily (5) L??o?

34A trick succeeded ? Incredible (5) ?TA?L

35D Customer stripped antique organ ((4) ??r?

If 34A is Stall then the first letter is L

20D Sorted out Academy following quality cut (5)  

I have ?UORA

21A Uproar as I start to sign (4) i have ?TIS

 

Johnpiper, 21 A has been answered and parsed on another thread.

4 D.Lemon, fish. Leman was the 'lover' swap the'a' for an 'o'.

9 Ruler, queen - Canon, is rule and R is king.

34 Stall, trick, S, succeeded and Tall, incredible.

35 D Lien - from C(lien)t, customer.

20 Quota, cut, share etc. 

Thats incredibly helpful...thank you so much!

 

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