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[cracker22]

DM 14325

8d Old Mercy signs novel, novel about class (6-8) L-V-N- --N-N-S-

Hmmm.....

[shooty]

Loving Kindness

[cupid04]

loving kindness

[cracker22]

Why?

[cupid04]

because!

[cracker22]

c'mon cupid04 - I rely on people like you to work it out (I can't) and to explain it to us lesser (but learning) Xworders...

[cracker22]

Please :-)

[Lie-in King]

Loving kindness (old term for "mercy") - anag (novel) 'signs novel' (about) 'kind' (class)

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.theanswerb...s/Question606058.html

[shoota]

Anag - novel signs around
Kind - class

[cupid04]

Thankyou, i know i did the crossword but not very good at explaining wordplay. Happy puzzling cracker 22. Can I have cheekiest answer?

[cupid04]

cheekiest BEST answer.^^

[cracker22]

You guys are brillliant! That's Times stuff (putting 'class = KIND' in the middle of an otherwise ordinary clue / crossword). I'm hoping to work my way towards The Times one day (when I've sorted the Xwords in my wife's Daily Mail and my The Week). Ta muchly!