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barnaclebill58 | 13:40 Tue 20th Apr 2021 | Crosswords
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Please explain these to me -I can't even get started on the cryptics.
Work in cafe , finally given plate for meat. Ans Escalope (= piece of meat)
Old dandy finishes off burlesque verse. Ans Macaroni (=previous version of a dandy) .
Government department once abandoning strange rule. Ans reign (=rule)
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Op is work (opus)
Escale is a cafe.
But not sure where finally and plate come in. It suggests an extra e.
macaroni = from Yankee Doodle, a burlesque verse
Escalope work = op inside e (cafe finally) and scale (plate)
Take FO (Govt dept.) from [FO]REIGN = 'strange'.

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