Times cryptic 27,468 by rocketman

28th September 2019, 22:13

6 Down - "Turn out English and European ecologist" (5) E-E-T
Feel that this must be EJECT or EVENT but can't parse either.

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28th September 2019, 22:14

Evert, turn out (definition). E, English and Vert, European ecologist, ie French for Green, ecologist.

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28th September 2019, 22:17

You're quite right, Malone - I'd forgotten that word! Many thanks!

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28th September 2019, 22:19

You're welcome, rocketman. It's not a word I've ever used, and I don't think I've even seen it very often!

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28th September 2019, 22:22

It was the fact that "turn out" could have meant either "EVENT" or "EJECT" that threw me and I didn't know which meaning the compiler
was portraying!

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28th September 2019, 22:24

Rocketman, I've often spent too long lingering, wrongly, on one part of a clue.

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