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[grumpee]

110d partially (4) b - - s
81a invaded (7) overr-n Will this e overrun or overran?

thanks for help

[Captain2]

110d Is it partially or partiality? Could be Bias

[factor-fiction]

81a- could be either. Typical DR. I think overrun is more likely

[vakayu]

bias#overrun

[grumpee]

sorry it's partiality

[grumpee]

thanks for all your help = always appreciated

[Baldric]

overran, past tense of overrun

[factor-fiction]

Past tense could also be overrun, though

(Had been / was) invaded= (had been / was) overrrun

[Baldric]

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/overran?q=overran

[factor-fiction]

Yes, but overrun can also be a past participle
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/overrun
The DR specialises in these ambiguous clues/answers

Will sibton say I'm being argumentative again?

[ladyalex]

Don't know about sibton, but I think you are....

[Baldric]

Me too!!

[katburd]

sat 6th oct the same clue invaded, when I phoned the office, the answer they were looking for then, was overrun, so whether it's going to be the same this time , who knows, til we get confirmation Monday, if they are available.

[factor-fiction]

Oh, no I'm not....(lol)
So are you saying it has to be OVERRAN or do we agree it could be either

[ladyalex]

A sloppy clue, then, to my mind.

[vakayu]

I agree Katburd the last time this clue's answer was overrun!

[atsgran]

Geeze Oh!!

[boxtops]

if it's invaded, past tense, then it'll be overran - overrun is present tense.

[Baldric]

Oh yes you are ;o(

I have read katburds post, my choice would be RAN, based on invadED

[JMR27]

The setter's used this clue many times in the past and the answer's always been overrUn - that's what I'm going with.

[factor-fiction]

Well I don't want to disappoint you baldric so I'll mention that my dictionary says overrun is the past participle of overrun

" [with object] spread over or occupy (a place) in large numbers:
the Mediterranean has been overrun by tourists"