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Jeanatcoast | 10:51 Sun 31st Dec 2023 | Crosswords
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Why is the answer to "swallowed up off the coast of Mexico" engulfed.  I get the "gulf" but where does the en ....ed come in please

 

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swallowed is the past tense of swallow. The crossword answer should, to be correct, reflect the past tense of engulf, which is why we get the en and the ed.

So it's not really a cryptic clue - swallowed is a straight forward clue to the answer, the rest is unneccessary.  

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Thank you both!

 

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