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25a "Son initially abandons water-starved sheep in fairish number" (10)

T?I?T?F?L? Can only see THIRTYFOLD but if so can't see the parsing of the FOLD bit.

Any help much appreciated

THIR(s)TY FOLD
There are sheepfolds, but I haven't come across "fold" as a collective noun for sheep before

Given here
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fold
as noun (2) 1b

Thanks chrise

Collins Dictionary has,
Fold; a flock of sheep.

So does Chambers Dictionary.