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pomona | 23:43 Sun 28th Feb 2016 | Crosswords
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I have a full grid but can't parse some answers if anyone could help please:
(There will be an extra letter in the wordplay in each clue)
15a Badly versed bishop's office naively at first pursuing draft of law - answer
ILL SEEN - i get the "see" for bishop's office + n .... the ill must come from "draft of law"??

25a Sniffing device to keep with bone and flesh essentially - answer E-NOSE

35a In Perth the English disease's got into local fix - answer POMS
MS must be the disease..... local fix??
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Is the extra letter always in the clue?not (w)ill?
draft of law = "bill" (extra "b")

keep = "pen" (extra "p"), bone = "os", flesh essentially (middle letter) = "e"

local fix = "poo" (extra "o"). Not the best piece of clueing I've ever seen but I don't think it can be anything else.
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Thanks stephen53. I think I must have some wrong letters ... I have THENOBTESTPROSPECTFOR??ANORTHOFUNCLOEDLIGHT - where have I gone wrong?
I've replaced your incorrect letters with a ?, there are only three though at 16a, 5d and 26d

THENOB?ESTPROSPECTFOR???NORTHOFUNCL?EDLIGHT

Hope that helps a bit!

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