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brendan

26th May 2013, 19:40
Am stuck on this last clue...

Country where return of religion can't have succeeded - ?A?I (MALI fits the def. but can't parse any of it)
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shooty

26th May 2013, 19:41
i(s)lam
cant have S(ucceded
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trevor

26th May 2013, 19:42
islam backwards, minus the S. (Succeeded).
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brendan

26th May 2013, 19:45
Excellent, thanks Shooty, thanks Trevor - it never crossed my mind that 'S' was an abbr. for Succeeded - I should have checked,
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trevor

26th May 2013, 19:53
Brendan, i think it comes from royal lineage where S = Succeeded, might be totally wrong.
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shooty

26th May 2013, 19:53
s.

— abbreviation for
1. see
2. semi-
3. shilling
4. singular
5. son
6. succeeded
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shooty

26th May 2013, 19:54
^^^^ that is from dictionary.com
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rossim

26th May 2013, 19:59
It's frequently used for 'small' in crosswords too.
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brendan

26th May 2013, 20:10
Thanks all, I've just bookmarked a 'Crossword abbreviations' page which should help in the future.
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