Daily Mail Stumped by Mark

15th September 2010, 13:21

5A Exhausts would be identical back to front, in reverse (4,2)

I've got ?S?S UP

Can anyone solve this please, and explain the wordplay too?

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15th September 2010, 13:26

Uses up (exhausts)

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15th September 2010, 13:28

Thank you Karen - but what's all that about identical back to front, in reverse?

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15th September 2010, 13:39

USESU P I think dont know how the P fits in the clue just that the U from Up gives you uses both ways

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15th September 2010, 13:41

Ah yes it does - thank you - like you, I'm not sure about how the P fits in to that part of the clue.

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15th September 2010, 13:45

(P) uses u(P)
means you can read it either way (usesu)if you move the P

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