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tes

8th August 2012, 11:10
Does anyone have an idea how those two clues relate to the answers?
Wounded one Romeo almost devastated to embrace? (8) ANS Mercutio
and
Composer includes girl in second act of Julius Caesar (7) ANS Vivaldi
I'm once again lost...
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bullfrog

8th August 2012, 11:14
Wounded = CUT
one = I
inside anag of ROME(o)
Mercutio is accidentally killed in R & J
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ixion

8th August 2012, 11:16
vini VIDI vici?
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bullfrog

8th August 2012, 11:16
girl = VAL inside VIDI (second act of Caesar's quote, Veni vidi, vici)
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tes

8th August 2012, 12:37
Oh, right! I was completely on the wrong track for both...
I took "wounded one" the definition and tried to construct "Mercutio" from the rest. And for the second one I browsed the 2nd act for a reference to a woman or girl... puh!
Thanks!
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