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cracker22 | 20:52 Sun 29th Jul 2012 | Crosswords
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Three whose reasoning I can't work out. Help please:

DM 14284 4d: Small opening for wary Scottish nurses (Registered) = CRANNY

DM 14281 18d: Coin made of copper essentially? = TWOPENCE
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Avatar Image Mamyalynne
Wary = Canny around (R)

Cranny is a small opening
20:54 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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canny + r
20:55 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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Nooks and crannies, mamya :-)
20:55 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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Copper has two 'P's' in the middle - essentially
20:57 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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Or crooks and nannies boxy :-)
20:58 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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LOL (I like the Ps explanation too!)
20:58 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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Love it, but don't take the ps
21:02 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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Well I like my answer Methyl.
21:05 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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I think mamya's answer is right. The two pence coin is what most of us call a copper coin, and the 2 ps (as Mamya says) are the centre (essential) letters of the the word.
21:07 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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You said 3 that you couldn't work out, what is the other one?
21:07 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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mamya, you're going to have to spell it :-)
21:09 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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IT??
21:10 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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Ihat's my tuppence worth!
21:12 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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No worries only having fun, promise.
21:29 Sun 29th Jul 2012
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Yes, it must be the 2 Ps in the middle. Thesaurus.com has ...at the heart of, centrally... for "essentially", in which case it is rather a good clue, albeit a bit too tricky for me to get!

I started with three without the reasoning, but I got the other one while typing it in.

Thanks all.
22:52 Sun 29th Jul 2012

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