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whetstone

7th April 2021, 18:57
4d.... thanks, all a bit tenuous...setter must do better than that.
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whetstone

7th April 2021, 19:42
6a. Siberian father offends at first Buddhist school
FROZEN

I get the parse, but come on, that's a bloody loose definition. Setter gets 2/10 for that.
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chrise

7th April 2021, 19:45
yes, very loose.

there was a controversial clue in monday's guardian
Husband of Florence? (6)
not a hope in hell of getting it without crossers, i think...
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whetstone

7th April 2021, 19:52
Did you get the : Husband of Florence' in the end?


18a. One shelled on beach needs rest by river in Hackney

SPIDER CRAB
Parse?
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stevie gee

7th April 2021, 19:55
18 spider = rest in snooker c (r) ab (r)iver in cab (hackney)
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chrise

7th April 2021, 19:57
lots of people confidently wrote in MARITO - wrong!

it turned out to be TUSCAN, but why "husband"?
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whetstone

7th April 2021, 20:49
That husband/Tuscan thing makes zero sense to me.
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whetstone

7th April 2021, 20:55
19d. An old European, NKVD leader, wearing clothes
IBERIAN

Parse?
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bigbadmarty2

7th April 2021, 21:10
Beria was Stalin's hitman back in the day

in - wearing something
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bigbadmarty2

7th April 2021, 21:12
sorry `clothes' is the contents indication.
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