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Spectator 2418, Caution Answers Discussed

hankir | 00:00 Sat 27th Jul 2019 | Crosswords

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How does parsing for 8d work?

8,. Condemn 40, not 7 (5)
DECRY

40 is Espy and 7 is Unsectarian

I have tried forty and seven spelled out.

How do you get from here to there?

Thanks.

Local Cryptic - Finishings Off

Me Again

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vetuste_ennemi

Possiblky it's de[S]cry when the Mediaeval Latin numeral for 7 is removed.

vetuste_ennemi

(Haven't got to the crossword yet. Still reading Rod Liddle.)

hankir

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Thanks vetuste_ennemi.

It sounds logical.
I did not know S could be 7 in Latin.
My knowledge of Latin is close to zero.

vetuste_ennemi

Not strictly Latin as in ancient Roman, Hankdir: I,V,X,L, C, D and M.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals

Relevant section is "Use in the Middle Ages and Renaissance".

vetuste_ennemi

I've got a list of these numerals pencilled in the last page of my Chambers dictionary.

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