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[creamegg]

12a german city pop 300,000 confluence of the rhine and necktar
?a?n?e?m

15a obsolete term for to draw over or cover
o?d?c?

24a a form or blight on plants
u?e?o

31a a first magnitude star in orion
?e?e?g?e?e

[Lie-in King]

12a Mannheim

[scorpiojo]

31 Betelgeuse

[Mamyalynne]

15 Obduce

[Lie-in King]

15a Obduce

http://www.freedictionary.org/?Query=obduce

[Mamyalynne]

24 Uredo

[Captain2]

Uredo

[creamegg]

is there an alternative for betelgeuse, as that is defo the letters, I think there must be a mistake

[scorpiojo]

What gives you the e?

[scorpiojo]

I can't find one

[Lie-in King]

31a -

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1645241.html

[Mamyalynne]

Betelguese \Bet"el*guese\ (b[e^]t"[e^]l*j[=e]z), n. [F.
B['e]telgeuse, of Arabic origin.] (Astron.)
A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of
Orion. [Written also Betelgeux and Betelgeuse.]
[1913 Webster]