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Bogtrotter | 22:20 Fri 30th Oct 2015 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Nearly there, can't believe I'm the only one struggling to finish this! 4a Rum punches absent-mndedly put on plates: ??? s???s -Odd shoes? Don't understand the reference to punches. 13a Farcical figure captivating right: ????l - Droll? R inside doll, but I don't like that as a synonym for farcical. 5d Party leader quits podium, exhibiting second childhood: ??t?g? - dotage? Again, not sure why. 7d *** on mythological priestess, a collectable item: ??r?? Thought a collectable item might be Curio, but if I'm right about 4a it starts with O, and I've no idea where the priestess would come in anyway!
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4 Odd Socks (plates = plates of meat, feet, punches = socks).

5 Dotage - Do +(s)tage.
4 Rum - odd Punches - socks
13 Droll described as farcical
5d Do - party
tage - (s)tage - podium
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Odd Socks! There's a travelling theatre company with that name, I really should have spotted that one.
What are the markings after 7d, does the clue start with On
re - 7d Io was a priestess, so if the starred out could equate to 'Cur' then Curio looks good.
Especially as it now starts with a 'C'...
Thanks Mamya, I agree - not seen the stars before in a clue.
Can we really not say cur?
Cur
Cur iouser and cur iouser....
Think mamya's summed it up
'so if the starred out could equate to 'Cur'' - my guess is probably a female dog?
Or a Barsteward?
Aha, a bytch....
Don't you get a star for each letter then?


Cheapskates!
the clue begins with (4 letter word) A R ? ? which I suppose equates to cur?

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