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elle

9th June 2015, 15:00
1A: No attacking group of soccer players could be couth?
(4 - 9)
B?C? / F?R?A?I?N
Back - formation?
Explain, please?
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malone

9th June 2015, 15:05
It's to do with 'couth' only existing as a back-formation from 'uncouth' - that's what Chambers says. I suppose most words are the other way round - unclear comes from clear, for example.
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elle

9th June 2015, 15:08
Thanks, Malone.
So it's a double definition?
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malone

9th June 2015, 15:11
Yes,it is - sorry. I'd forgotten about the football reference bit, probably because that was straightforward.
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elle

9th June 2015, 15:12
if you follow football!
Thanks again!
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