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PiffPoff | 11:53 Tue 26th Sep 2023 | Crosswords
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Rough diamond abandoning us to create contents (5,5)

?N?U? S?O?E.

Looks like UNCUT STONE. Parsing?

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Avatar Image Calibax

Uncut stone (anag.)

11:56 Tue 26th Sep 2023
Avatar Image mallyh

 i don't get it .anagram of what 

11:58 Tue 26th Sep 2023
Avatar Image Toorak

Anagram of us to create

12:01 Tue 26th Sep 2023
Avatar Image bhg481

remove US from uncut stone - anag of contents.

12:01 Tue 26th Sep 2023
Avatar Image Toorak

Actually it isn't - there are no ns in that

12:02 Tue 26th Sep 2023
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Exactly! And there are 2 Us in UNCUT.

12:04 Tue 26th Sep 2023
Avatar Image bhg481

clarify US equals  the two u's. ie, NOT US

12:05 Tue 26th Sep 2023
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I see it now - take u and u fron uncut stone anagrammed produces contents

12:05 Tue 26th Sep 2023
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My brain hurts! Thank you.

12:07 Tue 26th Sep 2023
Avatar Image bhg481

I think Toorak has just explained it better than I did.

12:08 Tue 26th Sep 2023
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'contents' is an anagram of 'uncut stone' once you've taken the U and S out

12:08 Tue 26th Sep 2023
Avatar Image bobbinwales

Nearly  anagram of contents us but u missing

12:09 Tue 26th Sep 2023
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i'm going for a lie down x

12:09 Tue 26th Sep 2023
Avatar Image bobbinwales

U's not us...take the u's out works 

12:10 Tue 26th Sep 2023
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Read us as u plural

12:10 Tue 26th Sep 2023
Avatar Image Patsy33

That was devious! 😄

12:12 Tue 26th Sep 2023
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uNCuT STONE

The capital letters are an anagram of CONTENTS 

12:13 Tue 26th Sep 2023
Avatar Image bobbinwales

I missed bhg's earlier post

12:14 Tue 26th Sep 2023
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It seems to me that explaining the parsing has been more difficult than solving the clue!

12:29 Tue 26th Sep 2023
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LOL, bhg481. So true.

13:59 Tue 26th Sep 2023

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