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    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

    "To dress": I confuse with antithesis! (12)

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      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

      Bit nasty, this one, and slightly cheaty, sorry. If I hyphenate it it's much easier though:

      "To dress": I confuse with anti-thesis! (12)

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        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

        Might need two or three letters there, Wyatt. Ta.

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          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

          I'm actually going to leave it for a few more minutes, because I really think it's gettable.

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            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

            Got it- just coming up with a clue.

            Ps welcome back Wyatt, productivity has gone down without you.

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              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

              Summing up a dissertation, after a Fernet Branca - it's alimentary.

              (9, 5)

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                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                A digestive tract leading most of the rest; superlatively brave! (8)

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                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                  Not completely sure about this

                  Rest her gutsiest rib, Shake it and lose I to yield buffoon found in a well known organ.

                  (3, 7, 7,)

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                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                    Not completely sure about your clue, or about whether you got mine right? If it's the latter, put your mind at rest: GUT-SIEST(A) is the right answer.

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                      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                      Thanks Wyatt.

                      I hope my clue's OK though its not my best by any means.

                      Showing my working I Had Gut(s) and est as most of the (r) est

                      so I was wondering where the "I" had come from and why the Tract was singular.

                      And whilst we're on the intestinal clueing, can you explain how colonist fitted in earlier on?

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                        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                        That was Andy's clue, nef, and "colonist" referred to the "ant" of "antithesis".

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                          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                          That was Andy's, of course, but I think colonist=ant.

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                            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                            Thanks both. Is there a crossword dictionary with these standard definitions? (Like colonist = ant and so on?)

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                              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                              I don't know of any. Wouldn't it spoil the fun?

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                                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                Kind of- but I'm aware when I play that there are certain standard clueings, which turn up again and again.

                                Not knowing them spoils the fun too

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                                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                  _ _ _

                                  _ _R_ _ _ _

                                  _ _ _ _ E _

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                                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                    I don't think it's a matter of knowing, really, although there are several such sort-of-oblique definitions that are fairly standard, like "flower" = "river", or "six-footer" indicating some sort of insect. I think it's one of the joys of crossword-solving when you spot one that's new to you and finding there's a previously unconsidered slant to the words.

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                                      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                      Agreed, Andy but thanks for those pointers, I guess I'm a late starter and it takes time to get up to speed.

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                                        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                        Your hint is (3,7,6), not (3,7,7).

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                                          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                          _ _ _

                                          _ _R_ _ _ _

                                          _ _ _ _ E T _

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                                            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                            and organ should be "esteemed organ"

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                                              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                              Getting nowhere fast.

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                                                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                Oh, wait, no, I've got it.

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                                                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                  To start, as Sir Herbert Gussett rightly explains, you must be almost white (3,4)

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                                                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                    As far as the net is concerned, no problem with ash-grey, turbulent canals (9)

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