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claire108

27th November 2019, 12:38
Stuck on 1
Askew picture loses relevance (5)
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stefanos08

27th November 2019, 13:41
John Askew has a song 'picture of Dorian. Also there is an artist Victor Askew.
I have tried to make sense of loses relevance but nothing fits to dwellings. Sorry. This is a real stinker
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claire108

27th November 2019, 19:47
Thanks but me thinks this is unsolvable.
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stefanos08

28th November 2019, 09:29
TUPIK - An Eskimo summer dwelling
TU = Askew (t**s up) and PIK a corruption of picture. It all loses relevance.
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claire108

28th November 2019, 13:29
Not sure about that. This is a rotary quiz and to have a cryptic clue 'tits up' is not quite rotarian!
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scorpiojo

28th November 2019, 15:10
Tupic, anag picture minus re.

A single tent, or tupic, as it is called by them, is composed of from five to ten skins, which are split -- that is, the mumme is split off and dried separately from the skin.
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claire108

29th November 2019, 16:35
Can't seem to find any reference to a Tupic - not even as an alternative spelling. Only Tupiq or Tupik.
If any one could supply a link showing a definition of a tupic I would be grateful otherwise I am back at square one unless Tupiq or Tupik could be explained as the answer. HELP!!




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brendan

29th November 2019, 16:41
Hi Claire,

Chambers gives "TUPIK" as:-

An Inuit animal skin tent.
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brendan

29th November 2019, 16:43
Sorry, I didn't notice it had already been defined by Scorpiojo and others.
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claire108

29th November 2019, 16:47
Thanks.
Tupic fits as an answer to the question but is it a word. I can only find Tupiq/Tupik
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