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bear of lb

15th December 2018, 21:07
Stuck, annoyingly, on two :

13A - Net profit finally extracted to void margins (5)
T?L??
&
3D - Quite attentive to personal hygiene (5)
C???N

Brain now cudgelled into numbness so would welcome answers.
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chips

15th December 2018, 21:14
13 Tulle, net. I think it's T from the end of Profit and Hulled, extracted, with the ends removed. T + ulle.
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stevie gee

15th December 2018, 21:16
hulled or pulled
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chips

15th December 2018, 21:21
Thanks, I had Tulle and then tried to justify it.
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bear of lb

15th December 2018, 21:27
Chips & Stevie Gee - Thanks for this.

In which case 3D must be CLEAN, although it strikes me as an unimaginative clue for a feeble answer - unless there's some subtlety I've overlooked.
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magpie9

15th December 2018, 21:28
3 d must be "CLEAN" All I can think of is it is a double meaning.
I quite forgot. I clean forgot.
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bear of lb

16th December 2018, 08:14
Thanks also to Magpie9.

Unfortunately, by the time this comment appeared - only two minutes after my earlier reply - I had abandoned the study for the bedroom where I don't have access to this machine.

I still think, though, that 3D was pretty feeble...…..
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