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strangelybrown

15th November 2020, 19:19
Almost finished this week without cheating, but needed help for words unknown to me (penumbrae, elemi, heirophant).
This one has me stumped:

53a Basic soldier, endlessly in two minds, stops hunting target (11)
--e-a-a-o-y
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malone

15th November 2020, 19:27
Preparatory, basic.

Para - soldier
Tor(n), in two minds (endlessly =lose the last letter), inside

Prey, hunting target.

Pre para tor y.
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chrise

15th November 2020, 19:30
Well done, malone - I found the word, but only the PARA!

sb, do you think you could use question marks instead of dashes for unknowns, please? Easier to read, and will past directly into wordsearches.
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malone

15th November 2020, 19:42
ChrisE, thanks. I am sometimes not good with clues that require multiple bits of parsing but I seem to have managed with that one!
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strangelybrown

15th November 2020, 19:45
Thank you and yes, ChrisE, will do.
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rocketman

15th November 2020, 20:35
I had inserted "preparatory" but hadn't fully grasped the parsing, so that's helped. However, there's still one I can't fully see and that's
51 Down - "Stick close to housemate in block". Is this BEAR? (house-
mate being "E" as in bridge inside of BAR, perhaps?).
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chrise

15th November 2020, 20:37
as a verb, to bar is to block
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rocketman

15th November 2020, 20:42
I knew this ChrisE, but am trying to clarify the "housemate" part.
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buddy

15th November 2020, 20:43
close (last letter) of housematE
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rocketman

15th November 2020, 20:46
Oui, naturellement, Buddy - I see that now. Thanks a lot!
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