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ThePost | 11:36 Fri 30th Oct 2015 | Crosswords
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There are two clues which have been discussed on previous threads but which have not been fully parsed.

1down "Lure divinely conferred power, no thank you" --?H?R?S?A
The answer must be CHARISMA. Lure=Charisma; Divinely conferred power=Charisma. Hence, so far, an accurate double definition clue. Where does "no thank you" come in?

25down "Add up salvage items" --T?T?
Tots certainly works IF the clue said "adds" instead of "add". Is it a typo in the clue?

I would be interested in the thoughts of others. Thanks.
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charismaTA minus the TA (thank you)
I think you have missed a word out from the clue for 25d- TOTS looks okay I think when the word 'some' is added
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Thank you for the response fiction-factory but it still doesn't really work. Chambers gives CHARISMA as "a spiritual power given by god" and therefore the clue works OK at this stage. It does not give CHARISMATA.

Bloomsbury gives CHARISMA as "a gift or power believed to be divinely bestowed" and it also gives CHARISMATA but as its plural. Therefore to work properly the clue should read "divinely conferred powerS" (and not power). I am still not sure about this.
I'm not sure tots really works either
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fiction-factory
I typed the above reply before your second response came through.
The clue is exactly as I gave it in my original question. Tots=salvage items and I am happy with that. But "add up" does not equal "tots".

I can accept that it is a typo if no-one can give a convincing explanation.
Okay.
The clue was slightly different in Daij's thread
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1452295.html
That would work a bit better (some salvage being S) but is still not ideal IMO, but if the word 'some' is not in the clue then I think it may be a setter error
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My reply to fiction-factory also applies to your highlightd thread.

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