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Gavmacp | 22:54 Sun 21st Nov 2010 | Crosswords
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Last week
19a. A short stop(6). Answer scotch.

This week
19d. Second suitable upturned design(5). ?MOTIF
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19d. second = mo, suitable = fit backwards.
22:56 Sun 21st Nov 2010
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Scotch is a 'short' in a pub.
To 'scotch' is to 'decisively put an end to' = 'to stop'
22:57 Sun 21st Nov 2010
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I suppose a short drink could be Scotch... and 'to scotch' something is to stop it...
22:57 Sun 21st Nov 2010
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19a. a short is a scotch and to stop is to scotch.
22:57 Sun 21st Nov 2010
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19 - Hop-scotch? Hop is a short step? To scotch something is to stop it in its tracks.
22:57 Sun 21st Nov 2010
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... thanks to a misunderstanding of Shakespeare, who in Macbeth said 'We have scotched the snake, NOT killed it'...
22:58 Sun 21st Nov 2010
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19d, this week
Second = MO(ment), Suitable = FIT
22:58 Sun 21st Nov 2010
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Thanks everyone!
23:00 Sun 21st Nov 2010

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