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comeragh | 22:22 Fri 01st Feb 2013 | Crosswords
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15a. Safety first leaving insect, having to put it back in the water (5) R?D?P. I think the answer is REDIP. An anagrm of 'spider' minus the s from safety. However a spider is not an insect! Any thoughts or explanations gratefully received. Many thanks.
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redip looks good to me.
22:24 Fri 01st Feb 2013
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Any suggestion why REDIP is correct apart from 'having to put it back in the water'?
22:28 Fri 01st Feb 2013
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As you said redip backwards from spider and then minus s
22:30 Fri 01st Feb 2013
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It's not an anagram, it's a straightforward reversal of (s)pider, or 'put it back'(wards)
22:31 Fri 01st Feb 2013
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Many thanks Vakayu.
22:33 Fri 01st Feb 2013
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Not very good clue I admit. You are right that a spider is not a member of the class Insecta but in common usage an insect can mean 'any small arthropod, such as a spider, tick, or centipede, having a superficial, general similarity to the insects"
22:33 Fri 01st Feb 2013
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You're very welcome.
22:34 Fri 01st Feb 2013
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yes put it back in the water is the definition part of the clue, and insect can refer to spider:

insect: any of various similar arthropod animals, such as spiders, centipedes, or ticks http://www.tfd.com/insect
22:34 Fri 01st Feb 2013

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