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Unsure of the answer to 28 ac " for example, boyish optimism rector expresses".No idea where and how to parse it , I have -ALE but I cannot vouch for 25d or 26d being correct. W£ill be delighted to be enlightened..

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I've answered on your other thread... Male (Morale, optimism, with the R removed and O being the extra letter (thematically).