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Times Book Of Crosswords
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Please parse these.
1.Godfather of advertising? Ans Sponsor. A Godfather could be a sponsor I suppose and if you sponsor something then I suppose you are advertising your brand but can't quite put it together.
2.Country annexed by Indian continent, it's reported. Ans Croatia. Croatia is pronounded Cro asia but where does cro come from? The international vehicle registration code is HR and not CRO so that theory failed.
3. Order to import more Italian narcotic. Ans Opium. There's an i in opium but can't get the opum.
4.Legal expert , in a state, simply having to get over it. Ans Jurist (legal expert) but can't see how clue works.
5.Someone playing Blowin' in the Wind. Ans Oboe. [Blowin' in the Wind was in italics]. Oboeist would have worked for me but can't see just oboe.
6.Married man without hard-wearing trousers. Ans Denims. I thought answer might be usband being some sort of foreign trousers but sadly not.
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1.Godfather of advertising? Ans Sponsor. A Godfather could be a sponsor I suppose and if you sponsor something then I suppose you are advertising your brand but can't quite put it together.
2.Country annexed by Indian continent, it's reported. Ans Croatia. Croatia is pronounded Cro asia but where does cro come from? The international vehicle registration code is HR and not CRO so that theory failed.
3. Order to import more Italian narcotic. Ans Opium. There's an i in opium but can't get the opum.
4.Legal expert , in a state, simply having to get over it. Ans Jurist (legal expert) but can't see how clue works.
5.Someone playing Blowin' in the Wind. Ans Oboe. [Blowin' in the Wind was in italics]. Oboeist would have worked for me but can't see just oboe.
6.Married man without hard-wearing trousers. Ans Denims. I thought answer might be usband being some sort of foreign trousers but sadly not.
Thanks
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Oboe
NOUN
1. a woodwind instrument of the family that includes the bassoon and cor anglais, consisting of a conical tube fitted with a mouthpiece having a double reed. It has a penetrating nasal tone. Range: about two octaves plus a sixth upwards from B flat below middle C
2. a person who plays this instrument in an orchestra
second oboe
Therefore, someone blowing into a wind instrument.
Oboe
NOUN
1. a woodwind instrument of the family that includes the bassoon and cor anglais, consisting of a conical tube fitted with a mouthpiece having a double reed. It has a penetrating nasal tone. Range: about two octaves plus a sixth upwards from B flat below middle C
2. a person who plays this instrument in an orchestra
second oboe
Therefore, someone blowing into a wind instrument.