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Tilly2 | 10:20 Sat 31st Dec 2016 | Crosswords
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The answer is Milton Keynes.

The clue is, 'In horror, one left disheartened by unfinished home in new town.'

I guessed Milton Keynes, as a new town and it fit into the grid. However, I can make no sense of the clue, whatsoever.

Can you explain it to me please?
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From fifteen squared, KEYNES In horror, one left disheartened by unfinished home in new town (6,6) I am puzzled here: it seems to be a charade of MILTONKEY, an envelope (‘in’) of I (‘one’) plus LT (‘LefT disheartened’) in MONKEY (‘horror’); plus NES[t] (‘home’) minus its last letter (‘unfinished’), but the connection between...
10:22 Sat 31st Dec 2016
From fifteen squared,
KEYNES In horror, one left disheartened by unfinished home in new town (6,6)
I am puzzled here: it seems to be a charade of MILTONKEY, an envelope (‘in’) of I (‘one’) plus LT (‘LefT disheartened’) in MONKEY (‘horror’); plus NES[t] (‘home’) minus its last letter (‘unfinished’), but the connection between MONKEY and ‘horror’ seems tenuous at best – describing a child as a monkey seems much more indulgent than as a horror, but I cannot see anything closer.
i(one) + l(ef)t inside monkeyt(horror) _ nes(t)
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Thank you both. Got it now.

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