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greencj01 | 16:18 Sat 31st Dec 2011 | Crosswords
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17d Trip, poison taken in honorable death, not half (8)
19a Sounds like agricultural worked hacked off a long, tapered item (9)

Last two and then I can enjoy the New Year - all help gratefully received.
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19a surfboard - sounds like serf(old servant) bored
16:24 Sat 31st Dec 2011
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Habanera?

Surfboard (sounds like serf bored)
16:24 Sat 31st Dec 2011
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17d habaneri (bane poison inside half of hari kari?)
16:25 Sat 31st Dec 2011
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Thank you all!
16:27 Sat 31st Dec 2011
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17d - possibly habaneri, but hari kari can also be spelt hara kiri; and habanera is a dance (= trip?) whereas habaneri is, I think, the plural of habanero, a chilli pepper, which has no obvious relation to the definition part of the clue.
16:31 Sat 31st Dec 2011
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yes habanera - hara kiri is the honourable death
16:31 Sat 31st Dec 2011
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sorry ronpegram our posts crossed! Happy New Year
16:32 Sat 31st Dec 2011

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