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[suechu]

An early morning all

14a Finished quiet song due to winds (2) p-a-e- out

Played out? Can't work out why though.
Tks.

[Zhukov]

Petered out?

[boxtops]

P = quiet
song - lay

that's as far as I can get

[Zhukov]

sorry you are correct

P= PIANO...QUIET
lay=song
anag...due to

played out

[slaney]

P=quiet
Lay=song
then anagram of "due to"

[suechu]

Tks Zhukov, but petered doesn't fit

Boxtops, why song - lay?

[dannyk13]

P(quiet) lay (song) ed out (Anagram due to)

[boxtops]

Thanks Zhukov and slaney, I couldn't see the anagram :-(

[suechu]

Thanks all, I'd never heard of a link between 'lay' and 'song'. Can someone explain it please?

[boxtops]

from dictionary.com


lay
4    [ley] Show IPA

noun
1.
a short narrative or other poem, especially one to be sung.

2.
a song.


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Origin:
1200–50; Middle English lai < Old French, perhaps < Celtic; compare Old Irish láed, laíd metrical composition, poem, lay

[Zhukov]

youre welcome,boxy and suechu

[slaney]

See definition 4
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lay

[suechu]

Thanks to all, great stuff. xx