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bamberger | 22:33 Fri 16th Jan 2009 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Baffled by two of the answers to practice puzzle 4.

Where you'll find something burning in range.
A. Kitchen.
Explanation. All in one clue. itch in ken.
Something burning=itch but where does ken come from?

Intense campaign settled audience's worries reflected in petition
A Blitzkrieg.
Explanation. Sandwich including reversal and homophone. litz+irks=irkz.
Petition=beg and b lit zkri eg gives us the answer. I think the z after lit is a typo but how do we get "lit" (or litz) ?
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Ken can mean range of sight or knowledge according to Chambers.
1. Range = a stove (with spaces for cooking a number of things at the same time)
settled = lit worries = irks which sounds like irkz, reversed (reflected) inside beg (petition)
There used to be a comedy programme on the radio (with Kenneth Horne) called "beyond our ken",

To light on = to settle on.
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Sorry but how does settled = lit?

I settled the bet doesn't equal I lit the bet.
I settled the bottle on the table doesn't equal I lit the bottle on the table.
I settled in Norwich does not equal I lit in Norwich
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Oops -apologies -missed last answer

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