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    Originally posted by Guy Profumo View Post
    (Ok folks -


    Private Eye again

    _ R _ W _ E _


    Like Brenda, on occasion, boasted about "one's focus"?

    Had to cheat on the internets to get that one - would never have got it

    Boo!)








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    CROWNED I presume
    Like Brenda is the definition. Boasted = CROWED, one's focus is presumable N (because N is the central letter of ONE)

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      Originally posted by ad hoc View Post

      CROWNED I presume
      Like Brenda is the definition. Boasted = CROWED, one's focus is presumable N (because N is the central letter of ONE)
      Aye
      yeah, I had meant to include the solution, and once I saw it I twigged, but I really was all at sea with it

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        Originally posted by Reality Checkpoint View Post
        Going on vacation? Sounds like you might need one of these for the ride. (5)
        _ _ R _ E

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          Guess on the solution

          Concern about horse before the slaughter (7)

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            Correct solution. I thought IT's explanation of vacation above might have made it a bit too easy but obviously not. (Gee-gee)

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              Originally posted by Reality Checkpoint View Post
              Correct solution. I thought IT's explanation of vacation above might have made it a bit too easy but obviously not. (Gee-gee)
              Ah. I would never have got that. Partly because I had never heard about this cryptic use of vacation until IT mentioned it and it's going to take a while before I internalise it, and partly because the "on" seems to get in the way a bit - isn't "going on vacation" gn?

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                Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
                Concern about horse before the slaughter (7)
                _ _ _ N _ _ _

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                  NY carnage an awful presidential partner (5,6)

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                    Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
                    isn't "going on vacation" gn?
                    That can work fine to give GG, I'd say, if you parse 'on vacation' to mean 'having been vacated.'

                    It was a good clue once the workings were set out, though not the gimme that RC had imagined.

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                      Dissecting Nancy Reagan, sir? Our famous unfinished movie (5,2,5,5)

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                        _ _ _ R _ / _ _ / _ G _ _ _ / _ _ R _ _

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                          Cast of Carry On Again Nurse included a swarthy lecher apparently (7,7)

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                            Charles Hawtrey star? I can sing a closing Lilac (7)

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                              In Syringa the rings of the tree form bands (10)

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                                Inappropriate gatherings eh? A lost piece of lingerie (1,6)

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                                  Amazing that a g string for example, can get tangled (10)

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                                    Staggering genuine potential of novelty pop band (10,6)

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                                      Ejaculate over love discharge, producing Lieutenant Pigeon (8)

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                                        Bit of a guess this

                                        The Poles add Columbae to the mix for something to eat (10)

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                                          Some consumable material returned by Australian soprano (5)

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                                            Originally posted by Reality Checkpoint View Post
                                            Bit of a guess this

                                            The Poles add Columbae to the mix for something to eat (10)
                                            No this wasn't correct

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                                              A further clue please ad hoc ?

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                                                Originally posted by ad hoc View Post

                                                No this wasn't correct
                                                You do know if someone had gone with Melba we would have been honour bound to continue with that?

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                                                  Don't tease him or well never get the solution

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                                                    Originally posted by Duncan Gardner View Post
                                                    A further clue please ad hoc ?
                                                    I could send you one

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