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keithsolver | 09:50 Tue 08th Mar 2011 | Crosswords
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Looking to punch leader of government, king punches man first(9)

word play will give longer answer (12) with a different body part.
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Replace EAR (searching) with KIDNEY
10:07 Tue 08th Mar 2011
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Many thanks kayakamina, you beat me by much more than an bacon rind there.
10:56 Tue 08th Mar 2011
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Happy to help.

You just needed a 25d Up!
10:59 Tue 08th Mar 2011
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Can some kind soul explain the wordplay for 30D - I submitted it as ibis without fully understanding it - having second thoughts now!
11:23 Tue 08th Mar 2011
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Hi ixion

I thought it was si (Chinese character) up(rising) bi (twice)

I BI S = bird
11:34 Tue 08th Mar 2011
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Thanks K - seems clunky in comparison to the other clues.
11:54 Tue 08th Mar 2011
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Agreed.
11:56 Tue 08th Mar 2011
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K

From Peterm at the "other place"....

I saw the "character rising vertically" as the letter "I", + bis, meaning twice.
11:58 Tue 08th Mar 2011

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