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brendan

1st February 2013, 01:01
Fellow sailors given bread - CORNCOB I think, but how is it parsed?

Make a fuss to keep road dry in wet - RAISE CAIN? I can see 'Rain' (Wet) but the rest...
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busby

1st February 2013, 01:06
Fellow = co sailors = Royal Navy (RN) cob = loaf of bread
The next one has me stumped
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busby

1st February 2013, 01:09
Rain + sec= dry as in wine + in
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mamya

1st February 2013, 01:11
Rain + sec + A1
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brendan

1st February 2013, 01:12
That's brilliant, thanks Busby and thank you Mamya.
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busby

1st February 2013, 01:23
Bit of a typo I think the word is SAC
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brendan

1st February 2013, 01:26
No, it is 'Sec', I've just looked it up.

Reject the last of your meat on a plate - L?M?N?? (It might be 'Laminae' but I can't see how it would be parsed)

Beat time and time again before beheading hooligan - THROB But why 'Hooligan'?
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mamya

1st February 2013, 01:33
[T]ime [HR] hour (y) OB
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mamya

1st February 2013, 01:37
Laminar

meat = animal [back] + r [last of your
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brendan

1st February 2013, 01:39
Thanks Mamya. Also, could you help with this..

The extra weight of business? C?R?O?A?I?N It has to be either CORPORATION but why 'Extra weight'?
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