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whetstone

31st May 2021, 09:50
12a. It flies to west of old writer's house
HOOPOE
Parse?

Something to do with Edgar Allan POE, but the house thing??
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chrise

31st May 2021, 09:53
HO is a standard abbrevation for "house". Quite common in crosswords.
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whetstone

31st May 2021, 09:58
Thanks ChrisE.

14d. London district a pharmacist hated wandering around
HAMPSTEAD
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I get the 'hated' bit, don't understand the pharmacist connection.
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rusty

31st May 2021, 10:02
MPS is a Member of the Pharmaceutical Society.
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chrise

31st May 2021, 10:04
I guessed "Member of the Pharmaceutical Society", but it doesn't work, as Google tells me the Society is "Royal" - i.e. RPS.
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rusty

31st May 2021, 10:32
I got my answer from Collins Dictionary.
They have RPS as Royal Photographic Society.
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chrise

31st May 2021, 10:38
Hi rusty
https://www.rpharms.com/
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brendan

31st May 2021, 10:40
The plot thickens! Chambers has RPS as Royal Photographic Society (as Rusty says) but has MPS as Member of Philological Society!
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whetstone

31st May 2021, 10:57
Thanks for the 'pharmacy' answer...Another poorly-researched clue, assuming this is the correct parse.
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whetstone

31st May 2021, 20:00
12a. Copper getting drunk priest banged up - can you blame him?
CULPRIT
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