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Ripper | 15:19 Sat 15th Mar 2014 | Crosswords
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PLease can somebody help me with:
11 across: Original chicken counter in popular indian (5) N _ _ _ U
2 down: Turned on by leading one deployed at 22 25D or 30 (which are battles) (6) _R _ _ _ R
please could I have an explanation of the wordplay as well?
Thanks in advance
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11 Nehru - a popular Indian (politician, I think). It's got 'hen' in it, but I can't parse the 'ru'.
A rack unit is a measurement of height of equipment?
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Thank you both, I've now got 2 down!
Off to catch some of this lovely sunny weather.
11a) original = UR, chicken = HEN, 'counter' means reverse those

ur: a combining form meaning “earliest, original,” used in words denoting the primal stage of a historical or cultural entity or phenomenon
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ur

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