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Ripper | 11:45 Mon 09th Jul 2012 | Crosswords
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I'm sure I've got the answers, but don't understand the wordplay with these three clues, please could someone enlighten me?

18 down: Dickens put into script rising eccentricity (5) DE_CE (deuce?)
39 across: Hide, dressed in a stiff cape, minus flat hat(4) ROB_ (robe?)
43 across: Leaving Western Region, wrangler expresses "Gee" on tangling of reins RENA_ (renal? from the anagram, but don't 'get' the definition.)

Thanks in advance.
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cued reversed, eccentricity = e
43 a Reins - old word for the kidneys.
robe i right, I think.
stiff = rob, cape minus cap (flat hat)=e
A robe can be a bison hide.
By the way, 'dickens' and 'deuce' are old eupemisms for the Devil:
http://www.urbandicti...at%20the%20Dickens%3F
http://www.merriam-we....com/dictionary/deuce
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Thank you everyone, now to sort the place names, expanse etc................................!

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