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plumbj01 | 09:20 Tue 28th Feb 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Power required for sudden acceleration KICK ?


Problems difficult to understand about rumour in church likely to depreciate RECONDITE? RECONCILE?

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Kick and Recondite

plumbj01 Perhaps you (like me) didn't quite follow the logic behind RECONDITE? - which means "hidden; obscure; etc" = difficult to understand.


The key thereafter is "on-dit" which comes from the French for "rumour; hearsay". (new to me)


So - RE = "concerning; about" then CE = "Church of England" containing "rumour". The bit "likely to depreciate" seems to me to be redundant - unless someone else knows differently!


I just thought that if you knew all that then you wouldn't need to have used AnswerBank! Cheers!!

What an odd clue... I agree with your breakdown, Crofter, but so many redundant words (a particular bete noir of mine!). Not only 'likely to depreciate' but also 'problems'. If it's just to aid surface reading, it's way over the top.

Problems and Likely to depreciate were not part of the clue, so you're right to flag them as redundant words!


I think the latter phrase cropped up in Saturday's DT as part of a clue that had my mother asking for help - the answer was CYNICAL

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