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Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 1409 Saturday November 9Th 2019

stevenj | 22:38 Sat 09th Nov 2019 | Crosswords

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hello. Another Saturday evening with the crossword and without His Nibs. I DO miss him!
I have eventually finished it, with a lot of difficulty. May I, as usual, ask for help please?
bThere's a few.
21ac Sone me , once having settled in illegal state. I have the letters for "criminality" which is the illegal state. But why the rest?
25ac Most of the time you'll see batter going runny. I think the answer is "thinning" which is, I suppose going runny. But I don't see batter anywhere
11d Words for letters that keep Romeo and Juliet apart I think the answer is "phonetic alphabet " But (shame on me) I don't get the Romeo and Juliet part.
22d Singul;ar design stops heater burning bush
With the letters I have the answer could be either wax plant or gas plant but I don't know why either fits.

Help please!!
steven

16A. Marked Place To Use Drugs?

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Mamyalynne

11

R - Romeo

J - Juliet

in the phonetic alphabet.

stevenj

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oh, sorry. One more. 44d Excuse to read out like a kilt.

I think the answer is "pleated". Plea is easy but why Ted?

fiction-factory

Romeo and Juliet are in the phonetic alphabet
Th(e) + inning(s) by a batter in cricket?

stevenj

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sorry Mamyalynne
I still don't get it
steven

Mamyalynne

25 Th(e) + Inning (Cricket ref to batter)

stevenj

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and fiction factory. Please give me the details.

Mamyalynne

As a couple of lovers they are together, in the alphabet they are apart.

Mamyalynne

21 Stone me - Criminy

criminy
/ˈkrɪmɪni/
exclamationINFORMAL•US
used to express surprise or disbelief.
"criminy, what is this world coming to?"

round - Settled - Alit

stevenj

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Thank you for your patience. Criminy is a new one for me. Is it usual?
And forgive me, but I think the Romeo and Juliet clue ( I get it now, thank you) is weak

Mamyalynne

22 Cab't see it ll but...

Burning bush and Gas plant are one and the same.

Mamyalynne

Criminy is very dated.

Mamyalynne

ah

22 S(ingular) plan 'in' Gat (a gun , slang for gun is heater)

stevenj

Question Author

Oh and Burning bush and gas plant being the same. I have been frantically trying to link it to the burning bush in the bible.

Mamyalynne

I think we all got there eventually.

Neveracrossword

44 The excuse is Plea and TED is a financial 'spread', there's a full definition in Chambers. (You had 'read', so maybe that's why this one got overlooked.)

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