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Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword 26642 Saturday August 27th 2011

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kalahari | 08:41 Sat 27th Aug 2011 | Crosswords
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Need an explanation for this answer. 5dn: Naughty gal cutting single track mixed hit (8). I have STRICKEN (hit) but cannot match it to the clue
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Anagram"single track"minus "gal"
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Ah! Thanks Tyrepill.
BigDave44's crossword blog has the explanation so: -
Naughty is the anagram clue, remove (cutting) gal from sin(g)(l)e tr(a)ck mixed hit. So you have an anagram of sinetrck giving stricken. Hope this helps.
It is called a subtractive anagram.

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