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lindal

21st April 2012, 16:35
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26a)Relative exploiting Queen Mother in swindle (6-6) -o-s-n -e-m-n
Help please.
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brackendale

21st April 2012, 16:42
COUSIN GERMAN

CON around USING (exploiting) ER (Queen) MA (mother)

Cousin German is a first cousin
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trevor

21st April 2012, 16:43
lookd like cousin german?
using ER Ma inside con.
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trevor

21st April 2012, 16:44
ta Brackendale, i'd never heard the phrase.
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brackendale

21st April 2012, 16:47
It is in Chambers dictionary but there is no indication as to where the phrase has its origins.

Perhaps someone knows where it comes from.
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lindal

21st April 2012, 16:51
Thanks everyone. I'd thought of Cousin German from the wordplay but have never heard it used or come across it in a crossword before.
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rossim

21st April 2012, 16:59
If you google it there's a hyphen. I'd never heard of it either.
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brackendale

21st April 2012, 17:17
The word "german" (without the capital) is an adjective meaning "of the first degree". You therefore have "brother-german", "sister-german", "cousin-german", and so on.
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syzygy

22nd April 2012, 01:41
ORIGIN: OFr germain, from L germānus having the same parents or kin

(from Chambers)

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