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malone

25th October 2020, 13:25
Of course, it'd have to be TOM, in capital form, for the mirror image to work.
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jono

25th October 2020, 13:27
Very good, I rather like that one
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malone

25th October 2020, 13:31
Thanks, Jono, so do I. It does, however, seem a lot simpler than some of the others, with their sometimes rather lofty allusions!
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cretin66

25th October 2020, 13:32
Now that is good!
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malone

25th October 2020, 13:36
Cretin66, glad I could help.

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cretin66

25th October 2020, 21:35
I do like that feeling of revelation - the "oh, yeh" moment. I suppose that's why we all do this brain punishment!
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cretin66

25th October 2020, 22:08
This one surely can't be literary? Although maybe biblical?
Where a Sam was brought up portending defeat to Israel? (5)
E-D-R
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malone

25th October 2020, 22:20
There's an Endor in the Bible, linked to stuff about Israelite battles. My research was cursory, but Sam(uel) might have been involved?
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jono

25th October 2020, 22:35
The Witch of Endor conjured up Samuel to tell Saul of his and his sons’ imminent deaths and the defat of the Israelites to the Palestines
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malone

25th October 2020, 22:37
Thanks, Jono - but what a non-interesting clue that was!
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