radio times no13

[tomjerry]

14a in seclusion puts out precise behaviour.

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4d sponsor said to join a prized intellectual to a degree. -a-c-l---e-t-

[shammydodger]

punctiliousness

[don1]

Only word that pops up to those letters is baccalaureate.

I have to say if it's right I dont know why.

[crofter]

baccalaureate

[crofter]

It's another name for the university degree of bachelor

[JerryB]

plus it's a backer (bacca) and a laureate

punctiliousness is an anagram of in seclusion puts, in case you didn't get it

[crofter]

Sorry there's more - bacca sounds like "backer" and laureate is the mark of a prized intellectual (crowned with laurel) as in "Poet Laureate".

[tomjerry]

thanx

[tomjerry]

thanx to all