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The Very Logical Prize Puzzle 306

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Matakari | 15:57 Tue 27th Jun 2017 | Crosswords
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The last 3 are giving some trouble. Thanks for your help!

ACROSS:
11. Go from zero miles per hour to over fifty after given a number of sacred Greek stones:
O?P?A??
DOWN:
  4. Edible fish, last to first and north to south contains commie uprising.
Z ? N ? ERS

  8. Current British monarch, former British company, and no Italian food.
E ??? I ? O

Thanks in advance!
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Actually to parse fully I think 11 should be Omphali
16:11 Tue 27th Jun 2017
4 zanders
Omphala
8 ericino
11 omphalo
8 Er ici no
4 (last to first) za + n(north) + der(commie backwards) +s(south)
Actually to parse fully I think 11 should be Omphali
11 (zero)O + mph(miles per hour)+A+l(roman 50)
I think you're right, Jackdaw , I ended up with a spare a when parsing.

(zero)O + mph(miles per hour)+A+l(roman 50)+ i (one,number)
Omphalos is a Greek masculine noun. The plural is omphaloi but its Latin equivalent is omphali, which gives us li (51) to complete the parsing.
Omphalos also means belly button. I won't bore you with the connection but it stems from its use in Greek verse to describe Delphi, where the Oracle was located and was known as the navel of the world.
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Mnay thanks to all for the help!
cor, I like looking at the answers, every day is a school day so 'they' say.
Thank you Jack xx

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