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AMartinP | 12:10 Wed 30th Sep 2015 | Crosswords
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8a: Posturing dictator the common people forced out: *o*u*o. Ant help, please?
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MOBUTO, dictator - Mob/common people + anagram of 'out'.
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Thank you...very much.
You're welcome.
Well done,thought he was ' Mobutu'.
Thanks - and yes, he is Mobutu! The clue leads to ?o?u?o and I think those letters are all correct. The critical 'o (at the end) comes from ...
Admit being involved in 'awful turd' Corbyn's ultimate decline (8)
I got that to be Downturn, decline - Own, admit + the 'n' at the end of 'Corbyn' and 'turd'.
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Turndown?
I thought about 'Turndown' too, Mamya, but that then leads to 'y?o?' being the middle word of a phrase (where 'your' fits perfectly).
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