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16D Assuming Answer Is Ink

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caveman38 | 12:56 Wed 17th Sep 2014 | Crosswords
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Why then does IN represent "alight" if the K is tip of Wick
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If the fire is'in'it is alight- if 'out'it isn't
12:57 Wed 17th Sep 2014
Clue please?
If the fire is'in'it is alight- if 'out'it isn't
Alight on tip of Wick to find submarine deterrent. (3) I?K
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Is that an assumption or is a fire really known as "IN" when ablaze and "OUT" when extinguished.
Always has been in my lifetime - the same with cigarettes and any other combustibles.
Taken me rather longer to see the definition - Submarine deterrent for ink...


Ink

2. (Zoology) a dark brown fluid ejected into the water for self-concealment by an octopus or related mollusc from a gland (ink sac) near the anus
Chambers gives 'alight' for 'in'

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