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diana

1st August 2009, 16:14

Really stuck if anyone can help please ?

7a Attention at length given to warlike-sounding officer (4,7)
----/Marshal??

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coline

1st August 2009, 16:17

EAR(L) MARSHALL?

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diana

1st August 2009, 16:24

Thanks Colin,
Take it 8d is roost then ?
Temporary place to stay, unwelcome to come home to. I don't get this clue .

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coline

1st August 2009, 16:31

I am sorry, I do not do this crossword, so cannot really comment, except that if roost is correct, I do not get the clue, either.
Colin

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diana

1st August 2009, 16:39

Hi, Colin, thanks again, stuck on last one if you can help, I need to finish and head off into the kitchen !
4d. Old revolutionary making mark (4) O-H-

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trevor

1st August 2009, 16:40

might refer to the phrase "chickens have come home to roost" which means, you are being punished now for something you did in the past - comeuppance.

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trevor

1st August 2009, 16:43

O che(guevara) Oche = the line you stand on in a game of darts - rhymes with jockey, i think.

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diana

1st August 2009, 16:49

Hi Trevor, thanks, think you are right.

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jimb

1st August 2009, 22:50

Nine

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