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TioMateo | 20:17 Thu 27th Dec 2018 | Crosswords
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Shock from head of church shifting a little power to the right (5) A?P?L The answer seemingly has to be APPAL ( = Shock), and the word play seems to involve PAPA (= head of church) and L = little?), but I cannot parse the wording to justify the result. Yes, I know I'm pedantic - but one is entitled to be (especially with The Times).
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papal move the first p to the right
20:19 Thu 27th Dec 2018
papal move the first p to the right
[p]a(p)pal
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Thank you ubasses. I should have sussed that the preposition "for" justified the adjective PAPAL rather than the noun PAPA. But, if that is the case, I am left feeling that the word "little" in the clue is totally redundant. Would you agree?
A little power p
I read "little" as "abbreviated".

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