Charity Christmas Puzzle 2012 Set By Gordon Gray

[abendigo]

The dealine for submission is past ...

Question 2
... orthodox Roman Catholics - an exclamatory oath in ...

the above clue has to be divided into Three separate clues; there are some letters given for each answer

the clue division seems to be -

Orthodox Roman Catholics answer: Tridentines

- an exclamatory oath answer: '??ODI????

in (this is a homophone for INN) answer: Caravanserai

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the apostrophe at the beginning of the answer is definitely confirmed by the Puzzles overall theme answer being a verse from a christmas song)

(PS not sure of the reason for the '-' in the clue, whcih may not be related to the second clue, but to the first clue!)

Any ideas, please ...

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there is another clue, where the answer is proven as ok, but I do not fully understand ...

Question 29
... pressing hard, Norma T Grosvenor and eighty one middle class

the clue division seems to be -
pressing hard answer: Thronging
Norma T Grosvenor and eighty answer: Shearer
one middle class answer: Bourgeois

so far so good BUT how does 'Grosvenor and eighty' link to the answer 'Shearer' ...

Any ideas, please ...

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thank you to all who respond

[magistra]

'sbodikins

squares, not shearer (T square, Grosvenor Square

[hjd]

And Norma is a name for a set square. Eighty one is 9 squared.

[abendigo]

thank you ...