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tinkertony

24th July 2012, 00:14
Struggling with two clues
1. Such is an exaggerated position taken on a Washington city. (6). Have ?T???A.
2. House in Ireland and one's written up a long war story. (5). Have I???D. Is it ILIAD - the Dail turned up after I ?
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harrhy

24th July 2012, 00:20
1. Ottawa
Iliad looks fine to me.
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mrw

24th July 2012, 06:22
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada!
try Tacoma or Medina both cities in washington state.
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tony

24th July 2012, 06:29
MRW

The wordplay for the clue is-

OTT (over the top/exaggerated)on A WA (Abbreviation of Washington) = OTTAWA - City
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tinkertony

24th July 2012, 09:01
Thanks guys - the OTT for exaggeration is the break through. Just got to solve the anagram of
"with twice hospital area". (8,6,7)
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tony

24th July 2012, 09:09
What is the full clue?
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kerrymar

24th July 2012, 09:29
Clue of the week: Actually it's an anagram of 'intensive care to all' + H H A (twice H ospital A rea.
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chrise

24th July 2012, 09:32
The anagram solver found 935 valid anagrams with the right number of letters - I think you need to narrow it down somehow!
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rossim

24th July 2012, 09:34
We still don't have the full clue.
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tony

24th July 2012, 09:35
Ah! National Health Service - clever anag.
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