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Guardian Cryptic 27860

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mikem004 | 14:23 Sun 30th Jun 2019 | Crosswords
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A couple of solutions that I don't understand...
6a) Something tossed to erstwhile president interrupting erstwhile monarch (5)
C-B-R => C(ABE)R, but where does the CR bit come from?

14a) Warning to amusing person (6)
C-U-I-N => CAUTION?
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Abe (Lincoln) inside cr (charles Rex/ King Charles) Caution is double definition - someone who is amusing/ funny can be described as a caution
14:25 Sun 30th Jun 2019
Abe (Lincoln) inside cr (charles Rex/ King Charles)

Caution is double definition - someone who is amusing/ funny can be described as a caution
CR - Charles Regis
Caution -an amusing person as in 'you are a cautioin'
caution

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an amusing or surprising person.

"‘You're a caution, you are,’ she said

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Thanks. Never heard caution used like that before.
Sorry to be pedantic, but CR is Carolus Rex = King Charles, as the name has to be in Latin as well as his title.

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