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dickpatven123 | 00:45 Mon 08th Apr 2019 | Crosswords
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I wonder could you give me a hand with the Squires Clue of The Sunday Crusader and his Squire 17D where they have "Large tusked sea mammals" and all I can get is DUGONGS which as far as I can recollect has not got a tusk or tusks? Help please!

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From the Wiki entry below -

...The dugong has two incisors (tusks) which emerge in males during puberty. The female's tusks continue to grow without emerging during puberty, sometimes erupting later in life after reaching the base of the premaxilla...

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Well I never! Even at my age I can still live and learn. Thank you Lie-in-King for your answer, best wishes and I can now go to bed.
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Glad I could help, Dick & good night :-)

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