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bobbycollins

26th October 2019, 14:10
Island's old rules about rudiments of martial arts (7)

Solution is SUMATRA but how does it parse?
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xwordfan

26th October 2019, 14:12
sutra ...old rules round M artial A rts
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malone

26th October 2019, 14:12
Sutra = old rules (some Biblical/religious stuff) with MA, martial arts, first letters, rudiments, inside. Su MA tra.
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chrise

26th October 2019, 14:12
SUTRA is a rule
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/sutra#targetText=A%20sutra%20is%20a%20literary,the%20teachings%20of%20the%20Buddha.
around Martial Arts
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malone

26th October 2019, 14:18
...or rules, plural - so the clue works OK.
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bobbycollins

26th October 2019, 14:33
Thank you all 👍
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malone

26th October 2019, 14:35
Glad we could help.
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