ST 4370 - DEBRIS: Has this been explained?

[dr b]

10a, Disbursement abroad, on deposit (6). Answered many times as "debris", but there have been a number of posts asking why?? which I don't think have been answered (apologies if I have missed it).

My first thought was abroad = OUT (admittedly a stretch), deposit = LAY, disbursement = OUTLAY, but of course that does not fit with the crossing letters in the downs. So, those who have answered DEBRIS, what's the explanation? I'm not seeing it.

[JDOvengloves]

I just thought Abroad - as in

1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.

Scattered widely

Debris

1. (Geol.) Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.


Deposit

1, sedimentation (related to sediment2), alluviation, n.

the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

All definitions courtesy of TEA

[JDOvengloves]

I suppose the cryptic " GAG " is that both Disbursement and Deposit could be Monetary transactions rather than Geological.

[JDOvengloves]

You're welcome