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luptons | 13:32 Fri 28th Aug 2020 | Crosswords
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Hi. Have two clues which I don’t get the wordplay for. The answers are correct.

11a. Drama on a bed in Barcelona. Answer PLAYA. I get Drama=play + “a”. Thought that Playa meant beach, not bed. If so is there some other reason for the “bed in Barcelona”?

5d. More work needed for perfect location. Answer UTOPIA. I get the perfect location, but cannot see where “More work needed” comes in. “Op” is often work, but that would leave me with “utia”. I’m missing something!

Thanks in advance.
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5d Thomas More wrote Utopia - a More work.
11 Playa, a bed of a river basin

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playa
11a.Play(drama) + a //(in the US) a temporary lake, or its dry often salty bed, in a desert basin Word Origin for playa//
Utopia was a novel written by Thomas Moore
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Duh! Just realised my stupidity re 5d. Of course, Thomas More. Thanks all.

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