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rusty

17th March 2024, 12:43
Collins Dictionary has,
Doh, music (in tonic sol-fa) the first degree of any major scale.
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strangelybrown

20th March 2024, 09:23
19a Maybe make of fool of Yankee that's drunk? (6)

25a King standing after he passed on priest's dagger (7)

23a The present Dawn has to give Dan (3)
N?W so 'now' I presume.
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quisling

20th March 2024, 09:53
25a OBELISK. K after Ob (he died) + Eli’s (the usual Xword priest)

23d yes. Dan is dawn with no W
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rusty

20th March 2024, 09:53
19, Whisk Y.
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strangelybrown

20th March 2024, 10:22
Thanks, don't really understand, is whisk a synonym of fool?
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chrise

20th March 2024, 10:23
fool as a type of cream dessert
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strangelybrown

20th March 2024, 11:05
Sure, but still don't see the synonym. I like gooseberry fool/I like gooseberry whisk? Never heard it used like that.
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chrise

20th March 2024, 11:08
it would make sense if the "of" wasn't there, as you whisk the cream to make a fool
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strangelybrown

20th March 2024, 11:13
Yes, that first ‘of’ doesn’t work.
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rusty

20th March 2024, 11:56
Agreed, the first "of" is not required in the clue.
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