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i Cryptic Crossword No 179

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souxie | 12:01 Wed 07th Sep 2011 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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12 Across, Axes pound copra,breaking coconut?,(8) Y???????
15 Across, Small fly going round a painting, (8) NO LETTERS
28 Across, Beetles should grip on this when it's cold,(4,4) ?N?? ????
8 Down, Compare notes on universal broadcast at the same time,(15)
????????N?????S

Sorry about the lack of letters

Many Thanks in Advance
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8d contemporaneous
12a Xylocarp
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Many thanks Euphemia but the word does not fit in with the few letters that i have, unless i am wrong on 20 Across,Enter pub in the smallest bit of clothing,(6) for which I have BIKINI,IS THAT RIGHT??
Contemporaneous is an anagram of "compare notes on u" and means "at the same time"
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Many Thanks Euphemia for putting me on the right road,oh well back to the drawing board for 20 Across.

Many Thanks again
How does bikini answer the clue? I fear it's a wild guess which isn't the way to solve cryptic crosswords - hence all the wrong letters! Do I take it that's now ????R? ?
28 snow tyre
20a tabard (tunic/clothing) = 'bar' (pub) in 'tad' (smallest bit)

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