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turast | 10:28 Tue 11th Sep 2012 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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18 Across. Goat runs beside enclosure dug in spot by river. (12). The answer is SERPENT-EATER. Can anyone parse the wordplay AND explain the definition?
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Lie-in King
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Serpent-eater (the markhor, a wild goat) - r(uns) + 'pen' (enclosure) + 'teat' (dug) (all in) 'see' (spot) + r(iver)
10:32 Tue 11th Sep 2012
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Serpent-eater (the markhor, a wild goat) - r(uns) + 'pen' (enclosure) + 'teat' (dug) (all in) 'see' (spot) + r(iver)
10:32 Tue 11th Sep 2012
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I saw it slightly differently.

R (runs) beside PENT (enclosure) ATE (dug in) SEE (spot) R (river)
10:37 Tue 11th Sep 2012
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Thank you Lie-in-King. I've never heard of this reference to a snake- noshing Caprine, so I could not see GOAT as the definition for this entry. I was also entirely unable to unpick it in the precise way that you have. Bravo!
10:39 Tue 11th Sep 2012
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Thank you as well Kayakamina.
10:40 Tue 11th Sep 2012

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