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    Are you totally sure about the spelling here IT?

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      Anyway

      Droylsden, Eccles, Golborne, Ashton-under-Lyne, Leigh, Elswick led by President (2,6)

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        Oh crumbs, then I must have got it into my head wrong way back, and didn't think to double-check. Many apologies.

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          Originally posted by irony towers View Post
          Oh crumbs, then I must have got it into my head wrong way back, and didn't think to double-check. Many apologies.


          (Change man to Nan in your clue, and it's apples, isn't it?


          Anyway, nothing to see here, just move along)

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            Originally posted by irony towers View Post
            Oh crumbs, then I must have got it into my head wrong way back, and didn't think to double-check. Many apologies.
            I had the same erroneous spelling in my head too. Must have come from Newcastle of that ilk

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              Originally posted by ad hoc View Post

              I had the same erroneous spelling in my head too. Must have come from Newcastle of that ilk
              Yeah
              I used to do that, but forced myself to self-correct in later years


              (I'm sure there's others I'm still guilty of)


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                Where De Gaulle is rosy cheeked (6)

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                  Main Roissy flying position (10)

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                    A pill machine confused in The Missionary (7,5)

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                      Copernicus to Lewandowski? Michael Palin did it (4,2,4)

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                        Architect loses the way to start pole-to-pole journey (6)

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                          Hints please?

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                            Originally posted by seand View Post
                            Architect loses the way to start pole-to-pole journey (6)
                            - R - T - - (6)

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                              Toss arctic hat - that's a type of relief (9)

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                                Capital removed from hypothalamus, cathartic (6).

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                                  Muscat and Oman's zealous Emir discovered oil: Northern Gulf's leading potentate (3,6)

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                                    Mao Zedong's confusing journey- there is no God. No! (4)

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                                      Brian Lyth's incredible maze! (9)

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                                        Confusingly lauded as Labyrinth creator (8)

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                                          Taken backwards from him, Daedalus's son ended up thusly (4)

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                                            Battleship hung dead rot haphazardly (11)

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                                              Ponies' filth he cleans up for dreadnought (4,2,3,4)

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                                                Ship of the Line squeezed ace vocalist? (7)

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                                                  Imprisoned by Carrack now led General to confess (11)

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                                                    General Knowledge: Where is Deva? What weight is 2,240lb? Who created priest-detective Father Brown? (1,1,10)

                                                    (this one might defy the conventional 'rules' of clue writing, but I think it works ok)

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