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rayc | 15:13 Sun 04th Jan 2015 | Crosswords
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21d) Severely hampered a string musician.(6)
I have H_R_ER.I'm not sure if it's HARPER or HARDER.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Looks as though you've been overlooked rayc.
To harp can be to hamper so your answer must be harper, one who plays a harp.
15:50 Sun 04th Jan 2015
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I thought it would be Harper as in someone who plays the harp, but my dictionary didn't give harp meaning hamper.
15:57 Sun 04th Jan 2015
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To harp on at
16:00 Sun 04th Jan 2015
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Mr Moorey pushed the English language to its borders today - this is HARD ('severely') being 'hampered' (ie curtailed, cut short), leaving HAR, plus PER ('a', as in 'a pound a head') = HARPER. Hmm.
16:16 Sun 04th Jan 2015
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Frogman, thanks - that makes perfect sense. I was satisfied with my Harper, but would not have been able to justify it totally to anyone.
16:36 Sun 04th Jan 2015

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