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stevenj | 22:43 Sat 11th Jul 2020 | Crosswords
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Sorry,it’s a bit late but I hope someone is still there!
I have almost finished but there’s a couple I’m struggling to work out why!

36 ac with bottle of mineral knocked back resultant sound going about? With th letters I have (?e?o?c) all I can think of is ‘ heroic’ but I simply cannot think of a reason

28 ac What some casual readers do? Take drugs ( 3-3) I have d?g ?a? Dog something? But what and why?

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28a dog-ear (= to fold down the corner of a page as a bookmark) = (drugs) do gear
36 Ore back in Hic!
Def, With bottle
With bottle - brave, heroic

Mineral - ore - backwards

Sound after drinking alcohol - hic

Put HIC round ERO
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I didn’t know that to dog ear meant turn down the corner!
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Wow, I can see why you’re called brainiac!
Thanks to you all. As ever, great support and help.
Stay safe everybody!
steven
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And, of course, included in ‘all’ and ‘everyone’ a special mention for Mamyalynne. As wonderful as ever!

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