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(7) E?a?t?r One Who Once Took Part As Gradgrind, For Instance.

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ivie needham | 15:18 Wed 14th Jan 2015 | Crosswords
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thanks for any help.
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Enactor ?
15:19 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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Exactor?
15:19 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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Enactor?
15:19 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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Exactor
15:19 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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Exactor
15:20 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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He was very exacting.
15:20 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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Mr Thomas Gradgrind is the notorious headmaster in Dickens's novel Hard Times who is dedicated to the pursuit of profitable enterprise. His name is now used generically to refer to someone who is hard and only concerned with cold facts and numbers.
15:21 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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Well apparently he was the headmaster in Hard Times and dealt incold facts so probably exactor?
15:22 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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having googled prefer 'Exactor'
15:23 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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Clue is best broken up really.

One Who Once Took Part - (an) Ex Actor
Gradgrind - Exactor
15:25 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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Ex actor, one who once took a part.
15:26 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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Too late!
15:26 Wed 14th Jan 2015
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Thanks a lot for your help, I had a possible of 4 answers and knew Gradgrind was from Hard Times, but was not sure which one to go for.
17:10 Wed 14th Jan 2015

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