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Tls 1385. My Last Frustrating Two: Can't Parse 23D + Can't Solve 25D

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BIll | 11:33 Sat 17th Jul 2021 | Crosswords
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23d. Proverbially, a tailor makes this part for man (5) I have N?N?H (So NINTH but why? Stitch in time?)

25d. These Sappho designed, essentially (4). I have ?D?S. (Could it be EDES hidden? If so, why?
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a stitch in time saves nine?
11:37 Sat 17th Jul 2021
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Ninth
https://blog.oup.com/2016/04/it-takes-nine-tailors-to-make-a-man-idiom-origin/
11:37 Sat 17th Jul 2021
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25d ODES - contained in clue
11:38 Sat 17th Jul 2021
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Yes, I thought that as you can see. But how does it parse?
11:38 Sat 17th Jul 2021
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Odes- hidden in clue (sappho was a poet)
11:38 Sat 17th Jul 2021
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23d There's this - https://tinyurl.com/2zxxmatb (probably a better ref somewhere?)

25d "...sapph O DES igned" (essentially)
11:39 Sat 17th Jul 2021
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Yes, there was a better one, I should've refreshed the page :-)
11:39 Sat 17th Jul 2021
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ODES. Oh silly me! How can I have missed that? Am I losing i? Thanks anyway
11:40 Sat 17th Jul 2021
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23d. Yes, that link explains it. You live and learn. Thanks Lie-In (if I a may, your mean detective work impresses!
11:44 Sat 17th Jul 2021
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Ditto Danny and even more so. "It takes nine tailors to make a man". Thanks to all.
11:46 Sat 17th Jul 2021

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