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loubyloo10

26th February 2022, 14:21
6d Catch criminal going over large area of land. Ans is contract ie con tract -but how does catch=contract?
10a Curious group devoid of love backs poet. Ans must be Tennyson .
Can't parse this despite much effort. Tried no synnet but that doesn't work.
25a Obstacle blocking path where money won and lost. Ans is Roulette
Rou(let)te. Trivial really but shouldn't clue say "where money is won and lost"?
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loge

26th February 2022, 14:28
6 Catch/contract a disease
10 Reversal of NOSY NON(e)T

25 Verbs like "is" are often left out and implied for brevity if the clue makes sense without it
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loge

26th February 2022, 14:29
Correction 10 NOSY N(o)NET
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loubyloo10

26th February 2022, 14:35
Thanks -I was completely on the wrong track re 10a.
Why couldn't I think of diseases? Grrr
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