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    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

    Near = BY

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      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

      Thx

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        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

        _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M _

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          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

          _ _ O _ _ _ _ M _

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            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

            W _ O _ _ _ _ M _

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              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

              All okay here?

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                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                Nope...

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                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                  I'm wondering if my clue is hideously unfair. But there can't be that many words that fit into "W _ O _ _ _ _ M _ ", surely.

                  I'll give another letter soon if necessary.

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                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                    I'm pretty sure what it is, but I don't know quite why.

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                      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                      As "Doctor Wholesome" department store discontinues "outdoor" features, solve your own problems (9,4,7)

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                        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                        likewise - The only google reference to Denby hole is on the Dusty Springfeild fan site- "we went down Denby hole this morning."

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                          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                          Oh, there's a hole there, OK, that makes sense. I thought Hof was passing comment on the fair town of Denby.

                          As for what "going down Denby hole" means to Dusty Springfield fans, I think we should draw a discreet veil.

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                            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                            Women = W
                            "Denby: number unknown" = "den" by "number unknown" = "hole" by "some"

                            Was that unfair?

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                              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                              Ah! No, I think that's hard but fair. "Den" and "hole" aren't natural synonyms for me, but the online thesaurus thingy says they're synonyms.

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                                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                1) Ok with the following caveats

                                "In Denby" would have been better than "of Denby"
                                since "of" doesn't connote hole.
                                2) does one need to clue breaking up/separating words as one does anagrams, say?

                                I feel we are moving towards the establishment of a FIMCA (Federation International des Mots Croisés Associations) which can meet regularly to discuss these matters, ideally in the offices of our Trinidad and Tobago delegate.

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                                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                  I agree that "of" was a slightly iffy link word (and it wasn't supposed to connote anything, incidentally); however, "in" would have been much more unfair, I'd venture, as it would suggest that the "w" should be inserted in the middle of another word. I think the fairest word would have been "at", but I eschewed this in favour of a better surface reading. I did have reservations about "of" myself, though.

                                  There's no convention that the breaking up of words (as in "den" and "by") needs to be explicitly indicated. Paul in the Guardian uses this trick a fair bit (although not in the one he has in today's paper).

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                                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                    A bit stuck here.

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                                      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                      _ H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / H _ _ _ / _ H _ _ _ _ _

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                                        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                        "Physician Heal Thyself" - not necessary if one's this self-contained (7)

                                        Edit: withdrawn, see below.

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                                          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                          Recursion alert.

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                                            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                            Yeah, I rather rushed at that. I'll replace it with

                                            Physician heal thyself, for example - or mishap will develop (8)

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                                              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                              Make aphorism search piano chaotically.

                                              (4, 1, 5)

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                                                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                Hold on, that doesn't work.

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                                                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                  As to coin a phrase: "Cuckoo a hop away" (7)

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                                                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                    _ _ S _ _ _ _

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