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[racoony]

Please help with parsing of 17 down.Clue is:Last pair of horses in posh accommodation for racing event.Answer is 2 words of 6 and 3 letters.I have L?D?E? D?Y.It must be Ladies Day referring to Ascot, but how does it parse with the rest of the clue? Help much appreciated.

[dannyk13]

Ladies day- (hors)es inside la di da + y

[Toorak]

Es - last two letters in horses inside la di da ( posh)

[Togo]

17d Ladies Day (hors)es in La di da y

[racoony]

Thank you so much for very clear and rapid replies.Much appreciated.

[Mamyalynne]

Can I ask what the 'Y' represents in the wordplay?

[dannyk13]

Please don't Lynne.

[Mamyalynne]

Meh

[dannyk13]

Y is an unknown so I suppose it will have to remain so.

[Mamyalynne]

Not good enough.

[dannyk13]

Sorry Lynne I looked at the clue over and over again but couldn't parse the Y

[Mamyalynne]

Hopefully someone can.

[gangesboy]

I cant parse the Y either - I think this is a Mr Mayer mistake -

[dannyk13]

accommodation.Could it be 'the Y as the YMCA is often called.

[Mamyalynne]

That must be it.

[gangesboy]

I think accommodation is "housing" the last pair of horses - ES. Maybe they thought the expression for Posh is la di day rather than la di da

[dannyk13]

I think the es is in posh and accommodation is superflous to that.

[gangesboy]

aargh - I see what you mean - the Y is the YMCA - looks good

[dannyk13]

^superfluous^