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I'm on me bike. Luckily it's dry!
Thanks, Cruciverbalist!
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Pumped up for this one ... thank you C...
(hope it proves to be as good as La Tour D'Hanoi was!)
cJ
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Just got in from work....j'etais litteralement sur ma bicyclette, et, bien sur, il pleurait! ... (sorry if my French is as rusty as my bike)
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Told you it was rusty. That should (I think) be "pleuvait"!
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A fairly pleasant cycle ride in the park, though I had to resort to a bit of Googling for 26D & the landmark was not in the format I expected when I read the preamble.
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Nice to be able to freewheel after all that digging about last week. Quelle domage that the preamble was so explicit (for a change !) - after entering 23 Down/27 Across it was possible to fill the 'last' 3 letters of 4 Down before even looking at the clue !
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Spoke too soon .. saddle-ly this one did not quite ring my bell.
As Mysterons said, an almost over explicit preamble rendering the final outcome guessable very early on, coupled with a number of not-too-testing clues.
Never mind, leaves plenty of time for a sunny weekend in the garden.
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Well Deviant gets the yellow jersey. I spent an embarrassing amount looking for the Arc de Triomphe before I bothered to count up the letters!
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Yes even I found this one a little too easy
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Thankfully, no mountains to climb with this one.
Finished it in record time (for me) so now I'm just enjoying the unseaonably good weather while waiting for EV.
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Agree with the consensus - finished in about an hour, apart from 21a. I have been out and about with Mrs bobbycollins all day with the clue in my head. The penny dropped mid-afternoon over a beer at the front in sunny (yippee) Cleveleys Not the first time that this definition has held me up!
Plenty of time now for Spectator, EV and Mephisto....bring 'em on.
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I agree that it was a very easy puzzle apart from a handful of devious clues, such as the one referred to by bobbycollins. Enjoyable nevertheless, but I was slightly disappointed at the absence of any other French localities en route. All I can see are a French départment , a French valley and a French moor, and they may be accidental. Any others?
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thanks c
agree with all the above - prob one of the fastest solves (approx 1 hour) and i guessed the landmark and how it was to be represented before starting. (21ac was my last one too!)
maybe we are in for a stinker next week!
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Finished the puzzle easily enough, but still cannot see the landmark!
Can someone please point me in the right direction.
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Translate the puzzle's title into English.....that should give a big hint
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This map should help with directions - you should go South of Quai Branly, but North of Avenue de La Motte-Picquet, West of Avenue de La Bourdonnais but East of Avenue de Suffren - if you get lost, ask a gendarme.
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I got lost , so asked a gendarme called Captain Scarlet & he led me there. En route, he kept complaining of hearing strange voices...........!!
Thanks Bobbycollins & Mysterons, the penny dropped when I got to work at 2. Had seen 1st part on sunday but wasn't expecting this "appropriate form"
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Mmmm, 3 answers still to get when you lot all finished it in about an hour :-(
11dn - can see 'field' but gone wrong somewhere. Other letters I've got are G,R,?,E
22dn - got D (or A),?,L,A,?
21ac - ?,E,R
(OK, 4 to get but figured 22ac would appear if I filled 11 & 22 in!)
Any hints most appreciated!
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21a: Def = A
27a: You are close, but the answer is not RICE
22d: Think 'political' for party
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