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This small piece of kit is designed to make building your Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle question more effective. It should make finding your question easier for others and, the easier it is to find, the more likely someone is to answer it!

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manofsteel | 12:00 Thu 14th Aug 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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I've got a bee in my bonnet about duff clues................
7d. clue "flabby" (4)... Answer given today as "lank".
All dictionary references I've looked at suggest that lank and flabby are antonyms or am I so dense that I've missed a trick ????

Mature Times Cryptic

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gen2

Here are the Chambers Thesaurus entries. Both offer "drooping"

lank (adj)
limp, straggling, scraggy, drooping, lifeless, lustreless

flabby (adj)
fleshy, soft, yielding, flaccid, limp, floppy, drooping, hanging, sagging, slack, loose, lax, fat, overweight, plump

http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/featu res/chref/chref.py/main?title=thes&query=lank

http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/featu res/chref/chref.py/main?title=thes&query=flabb y

manofsteel

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Thanks gen2...........can't blame DT this time can I ??

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