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Thank you so much. What a clever clue. Quite a lot of good ones in this crossword, I found.
A good one for me to end the brief period when I was allowed to do the jumbos again. (My mother had stopped me when i didn't do so well in my A level mocks as I should have done. She lifted the ban for the holiday but now it's back to the grind. I asked if she would extend the liberty period to let me try today's Bank Holiday competetition. She nearly exploded! So I backed off.... I look forward to meeting you all again post-exams in June, I suppose. Thanks for the tuition by all the Greats (Lie-in King, Bibblebub and the rest and those of you, like Nigel2 today, who have also helped turn me into a crossword junkie. I can't wait (that's daft! I have to!) until the exams are behind me and I can get back to testing my brain against these amazing people who set them. Thanks to them as well.
Wish me luck!
steven