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[normansc11]

12 ac Source of illumination that's carried by Arbroath ghillie.(9,5)
???e???n? l?g?t The answer could be reversing light but I can't see why.

24 ac A sailer holding one end of harpoon.(4) a?a?

Any help appreciated.

[ladyalex]

24a Ahab?

[mazie]

24a Ahab

[mike11111]

12 Reversing light. ArbroaTHIGLlie

[mike11111]

ArbroaTH GILlie
Try again!

[mazie]

See, I would never have got that !

[ladyalex]

And here am I trying to fit in the Red Lichties somehow.
(for those who are not local to Arbroath, the Red Lichties is the nickname of Arbroath Football Club.)

[mike11111]

Took me a while, but carry suggests contains, and the phrase contains the word LIGHT in reverse

[ladyalex]

hats off to Mike 11111

[normansc11]

Many thanks to you all.

[mike11111]

Suggest Specsavers, m'lady. The clue was (9,5), not (3,8). -:)

[ladyalex]

hats back on again

[mazie]

LOL.... Hi Alex x

[mike11111]

I think the use of ARBROATH was deliberately designed to lead people astray. A bit of a Red Herring, rather than an Arbroath Smokie.

[ladyalex]

Hi mazie....

I keep looking for squarebear and his promised Xmas quiz, but I cannot see anything....boo!

[bricky]

reversing light is right as the word--light is reversed in the question.hope this helps
?a?a,,,,,,ahab,the captain who harpooned the whale.

[bricky]

ya got it right,the word light is in arbroath gillie,,,reversing
ahab is what you need a?a?