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cupid04 | 14:33 Wed 27th Apr 2011 | Crosswords
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2d] Digger's residence in Kent, for instance. [5] S?A?E.

14d] Extremely old injury. [4] ?O?E.
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s pad e
sore ?
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I agree that an injury is a sore but what is the extremely old connection, please?
Thankyou Oldred.
Yes, somebody explain this one for me please as I really don't get it?
We're all in the same boat! I feel really sore about this one!
14d is spade digger = spade, residence is pad, Kent is in the South East (SE)>
Not so much sore, just utterly baffled mate. I can't even see where to begin with this one. I need a beer!
In old English "sore" could be used as an adverb meaning "severely" (and perhaps extremely"?) as in "they were sore afraid", so perhaps double definition .
Tenuous, but plausible. Beer beware, here I come now.
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I think the answer to 14d is DOLE [anagram of old and e from extremely.
Chambers says DOLE:- pain or grief [archaic and dialect] Latin from Dolere to feel
pain.
I wondered about DOLE as well cupid, but rejected it as there is no anagram indicator, and I had difficulty in equating "extremely" with "e" - but you may well be right if it is a simple descriptive clue.
I'll go for "dole" which was also on my list of possibilities.The last explanation seems almost plausible - thanks! I'm off to catch the 1730 local collection.
i'm going with slaney - an old injury is a sore and old meaning of sore is extremely

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