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philo

16th December 2023, 17:47
Hello all
Some enjoyable bits and some not so.
Thanks to you all for helpful hints offered to others, which has enabled me to get to my last one: 24d, or so I thought, until I read snowwhite's comment @60.
I have T-S-. Is this correct?
Cheers
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brendan

16th December 2023, 17:51
Hi Phil,

24d - no, your T is wrong - if you have TABLE as the first word of 24a that is wrong.
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chrise

16th December 2023, 17:51
the t is wrong. snowwhite has posted the answer (unfortunately!)
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roof

16th December 2023, 17:54
Sorry Brendan, I didn't get it then.
Thanks Rocky, the penny finally dropped with 19ac when, like you, I got the crossers.

I've made lots of progress but ground to a halt again. Can I have a hint for 14ac, for which I have two possible answers. This might help me with 15d, for which a hint would also be helpful to get cracking on the SE corner. I'm also stuck on two in NW corner - 2d and 11ac, for which hints would help.
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chrise

16th December 2023, 17:54
snowwhite
Your dance experts showing a lack of knowledge of a foreign language reminds me of watching the Giro d'Italia cycle race last year. The voiceover as the route map was shown said "and today's stage starts at Partenza"...
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philo

16th December 2023, 17:56
Thanks Brendan and Chris
I thought as much but now I'm stumped.
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chrise

16th December 2023, 17:58
hi roof
14 is a subtractive anagram, referring to the mouth
15 is a multipart anagram
2d outside letters
11 loose double definition

i really don't like boatman's puzzles!
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chrise

16th December 2023, 18:00
hi philo
if you had table at 24a, your 18 must be wrong too
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philo

16th December 2023, 18:03
re Brendan @62
How I'd manged to get a B into 18d I'll never fathom.
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philo

16th December 2023, 18:07
hi chrise
I'd just got a random B in 18d and not noticed. I'm very poor at typing.
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