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whetstone

21st October 2022, 10:30
8d. Excited people have them young
KITTENS

2d. Pole abandoned drunk girl seen looking with lust
LEERING

7d. Upset, hear about agreement
TREATY

4d. Contract on single enemy- hours to suit!
FLEXTIME

28a. Attack is the custom of the people!
WAY LAY

11d. Subject to a bit over three hundred
TOPIC

Parses for the above please.
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chrise

21st October 2022, 11:54
8 "have kittens" could be "excited", though "nervous" is commoner
2 anagram GIRL (s)EEN (pole abandoned)
7 TRY - hear is in a court, around EAT - upset?
4 FLEX - contract as a verb, as a muscle would, TIME is the enemy!
28 WAY - custom, LAY - of the people (as opposed to clergy, for instance)
11 PI is a bit over 3 - 3.14...., C - hundred in Roman numerals, TO in the clue
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whetstone

21st October 2022, 22:24
Thanks chrise...
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whetstone

23rd October 2022, 20:01
1d. Our mutual confidant
GATEPOST

24a. Go in for chips without fish
ENTER

24d. With saints coming in, look inferior
LESSER

6d. Call very acidic?
PHONE

Parses for the above please.
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whetstone

23rd October 2022, 20:04
Edit....just worked out 6d....call means phone and pH 1is very acidic
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chrise

23rd October 2022, 20:05
1 there's an expression "between you, me, and the gatepost".
24 (carp)ENTER - carpenters are often nicknamed "Chips".
24d SS (saints) in LEER - look
6 pH 1 is pretty acidic
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whetstone

23rd October 2022, 20:19
Thanks,...never heard that express before.
Good work on the ENTER clue.
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whetstone

30th October 2022, 07:26
25a. In Oz, an extra source of heat - what it will do!
SUNDRY

20a. Pink car being abandoned in the country
NATION
(yes it's from (PINK CAR)NATION but how does the clue imply that flower?)

1a. Old bob drinks a lot, Marie too
STOPES

23a. Material obtained by fuzz chasing heroin
HORSEHAIR

20d. Depressing ring about feminist getting promoted
DISMAL

Parses for the above please.
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jono

30th October 2022, 07:36
20a. I think this works as… carnation is a form of pink, then abandon car to get nation.
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jono

30th October 2022, 07:45
25a. The definition is “in Oz an extra”. Sundries are the same as extras in Aussie cricket. The rest is wordplay.
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