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Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 926 Saturday May 21st 2011

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patsyjmdc | 08:29 Mon 23rd May 2011 | Crosswords
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45 down: Strength is overthrown by intelligence (6)
?I?E?? (SINEWS?)
48 down: Give up pro game (5)
F?R?? (FORGO?) If so why?
55 across: So-called dog landed in the centre of attention (7)
????L?T

I am so sick of looking at these three clues so all help andexpanatioins would be gratefully received
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Sinews looks right

SI = IS overthrown and news = intelligence

Sinews = strength/force
45d SINEWS = 'is' backwards + news [=intelligence]

48d FORGO [=give up] - pro = FOR, game = GO [board game]

55a SPOTLIT [=in the centre of attention] - so-called dog = SPOT, landed = LIT
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Thanks so much both of you - it was the spotlit that did it for me, Have a good week

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