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Farrwest | 12:47 Fri 22nd Apr 2022 | Crosswords
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Somewhat baffled by Cheesecracker this week. Grid virtually complete except for the unclued 20d. I have ESTER?AS?. And why the the different ending to a famous rhyme at 41a? Any help would be appreciated.
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Esterhase is an intelligence officer in The Circus, le Carre's fictionalized version of MI6. He is the head of the Lamplighters, the section of The Circus responsible for surveillance and wiretapping. Hungarian by birth, Esterhase is an Anglophile with pretensions of being a British gentleman. He is the Circus' resident ne'er-do-well,
12:51 Fri 22nd Apr 2022
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ne'er-do-well ..... poorman
12:52 Fri 22nd Apr 2022
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Hi- it helps if you know the plot of the novel in question and why the children's rhyme was amended by one of the protagonists (it's told in retrospect by one of the characters to the puzzle's eponym).
15:12 Fri 22nd Apr 2022

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