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seasidesteve | 23:10 Sat 02nd Aug 2008 | Crosswords
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36 What makes rice riper, necessarily? (8)

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Presumably 'perforce' (meaning necessarily), but what's the rice got to do with it ?
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36a Perforce - 'Per' for 'ce' (rice to riper)
23:13 Sat 02nd Aug 2008
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Clever clue I thought.
23:34 Sat 02nd Aug 2008
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That is clever (too clever for me - but I'll learn). Curiously...

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19 Work, missing mass at church unavoidably (8)

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13:20 Sun 03rd Aug 2008
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Yes, noticed that too, it happens sometimes.
13:46 Sun 03rd Aug 2008

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