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itsme

10th December 2019, 16:25
Here I am again, happy as can be ........ well, not quite ...... help please.

4d. Oil from versatile tree, source of shade concealing us. (4) nim?
27d. Humour (possibly black), device MO dismissed. (4) bi?e

Why is it always the small ones I get stuck on ? lol

Thanks.

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chrise

10th December 2019, 16:27
27 BILE (one of the "humours" of the body; black bile is a possibility)
(mo)BILE
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stevie gee

10th December 2019, 16:29
4 nimb(us)
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itsme

10th December 2019, 16:39
Thanks chrise and stevegee. Can you explain the nimb one please.
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stevie gee

10th December 2019, 16:44
nimbus = cloud (source of shade)
nimb = alternative spelling of nim = yield of oil extracted from tree
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chrise

10th December 2019, 16:45
I'd never heard of it, itsme, but Google tells me nimb oil is an alternative name for neem oil (of which I had heard!)
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itsme

10th December 2019, 16:49
Thank you both again. ;o)
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