Times Jumbo 1562 by StrangelyBrown

strangelybrown

19th June 2022, 09:03

Right stinker this week, 1a would help with some first letters:
Key aide: very few could afford one with forty-eight hours off (4-3,4)

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rodalf

19th June 2022, 09:10

Five day week. Unsure of parsing myself but fits with letters I have placed and 48 hrs off one week!

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jono

19th June 2022, 09:23

(key aide v few)*

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strangelybrown

19th June 2022, 10:15

Thanks, I see, I think, ‘could afford’ is an anagram indicator.
34a Shares for auditors in the city (9)
Looks like stockroom or Stockholm but why?

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grandpa gruffalo

19th June 2022, 10:23

Shares, stock; holm, sounds like home, in

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strangelybrown

19th June 2022, 10:35

Thanks. No idea what this one is about:
17a King being trapped by horse having reared in Southern China (9,4).
Begins with ‘a’.

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strangelybrown

19th June 2022, 10:51

Sorry for my fat fingers, 17a begins with ‘s’.

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grandpa gruffalo

19th June 2022, 11:21

S(mothered) mate, a chess term

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strangelybrown

19th June 2022, 11:37

Good grief that’s obscure, thank you for the answer, would never have got it.

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