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choosytoo

9th July 2013, 15:13
55ac Runners of high social standing? (9)

i've got gentlemen but cannot parse.

any ideas please?
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malone

9th July 2013, 15:18
I think it's to do with racing/horseracing, but that's as far as I got!
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mamya

9th July 2013, 15:32
Gentleman definition

6. (formerly) a euphemistic word for a smuggler

Smuggler = runner
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choosytoo

9th July 2013, 15:42
thanks mamya and malone.

i had put in gentlemen , because i think that it is plural
so perhaps it was singular as i have one wrong.
this is par for the jumbo crosswords for me!
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mamya

9th July 2013, 15:47
no it is plural, was just giving the definition
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ginge

9th July 2013, 15:51
For interest it's used extensively in Kipling's "A Smuggler"s Song".
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malone

9th July 2013, 15:52
Thanks,mamya - I didn't know that.
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