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At one point I thought that Jolan was being cruel to Ari and that No1 was a cricketing term! BY being short BYE (a run )

RAN BY(e) (Sought authority)

hi Jolan
It has taken me 17 mins. to log in as my laptop is overheating. I see I have only 2 and 3 right, so well done to those who solved them all. Thanks as always jolan. J

hi Jolan
It has taken me 17 mins. to log in as my laptop is overheating. I see I have only 2 and 3 right, so well done to those who solved them all. Thanks as always jolan. J

Tony: Jolan, cruel?
jazzgirl: Hedera helix is the bane of my existence; it has no respect for native flora.

How very annoying. I was trying to post a reply when the Peugeot ad kept coming up and blocking everything. I lost my post.

I forget what I wrote. so rather than repeat everything, I'll just paste my workings below (although there's no need to).

Well done Djaw and Tony for a clean sweep (the "short" shortened "legitimate". I re4ally should have used an ! rather than a ?.

Hope the hols see you totally refreshed Chrisc. Thank you Chrise and Tony! Would I ever be cruel to Ari? Never! Well, hardly ever lol.

Off to dine now. Bless and thanks to all

John

1. authorized = legitimate(short) = legit; run = LEG IT (OED)
2. anag (to travel) of “merits led Noah” = SIDEREAL MONTH = 27.3217 days (Chambers D)
3. late = dead; callers = ringers; duplicates = DEAD RINGERS.
4. matches = PARALLELS; court = BAR; ‘out of’’ yields PARALLEL BARS
5. the Goth (is struggling = anag) = GOTHTHE; to capture ROUGH = a hooligan (Chambers Dict): yields GOTH(ROUGH)THE; bear = Pooh, bear up = HOOP; GO THROUGH THE HOOP = undergo punishment (Chambers Dict)

Thanks Jolan great clues and tricky as always, very enjoyable.

... and Jazzy. Always suspected you were hot stuff (what with overheating laptops etc!!!.
Chrise, I seem to remember Alex. Don't get any newspaper nowadays. Shop too far from my home and no deliveries.

Byee for now. Might peek in tonight.

J

.. and Thanks again, Andy with a 'c'.