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buddy

13th September 2020, 17:47
As soon as it appeared I marked Paul 8 as the one to beat, even with the American spelling of "lxury" (we also leave out the "u" a lot). Some nice clues posted after that one but nothing to top it my mind. So:

Paul @8.
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buddy

13th September 2020, 17:48
"TO my mind", such as it is...
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jono

13th September 2020, 17:48
[out of interest can Queen = QU ?]
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buddy

13th September 2020, 17:54
According to Chambers, QU = quart, quarterly, quarter, queen and question.
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brendan

13th September 2020, 17:56
Hi Jono,

The Everyman of 30th Aug. 16a had exactly that abbreviation.
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jono

13th September 2020, 18:06
Thanks both but where does it derive from. For instance it’s not chess notation... is it heraldry perhaps? I’m only curious
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jafo

13th September 2020, 18:07
Not sure about two homophones with no actual def, but sod the rules.

tyke51 @32
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jafo

13th September 2020, 18:12
And yes purely a tactical vote to put the heat on Paul, doesn't really have any choice but to vote for Tyke otherwise voting for himself...let's see.
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buddy

13th September 2020, 18:14
well, since jafo brought it up that was my qu about tyke as well - brilliant wordplay but where's the definition?
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jono

13th September 2020, 18:22
The definition is in the homophone (&lit)
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