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Vagrant | 13:53 Sat 20th Mar 2010 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Can anyone explain the wordplay for 11a and 19a please?

11a Crowds with crosses in which 9 nearly died (10) I have ?L?I?U?E? - must be multitudes, but why?

Answer to 9 is Oates.

11 across: One taking his turn to make traps for germs? (7) I have b?G?I?S (Baggins?)

Special instructions: Abbreviations, all of a kind, at the beginning or end of ten solutions have been ignored in the clues
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11a is Buggins ( bug + gins )
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Thank you - had never heard the expression buggins' turn till now!
crosses = mules
oates nearly = titu(s)
died = d

MUL[titu d]ES
Titus Oates minus the s for TITU (nearly 9)
Crosses = mules
all enclosing D for died
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Thank you all for your help
You'll find 'Buggins turn' in Chambers, I hadn't heard if it either.
buggies (traps)
crosses = crossbreeds = mul.....es; 9 nearly = titu(s) with 'd' for died
mul titu d es

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