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Telegraph cryptic 25194

POINCIANA | 20:49 Sun 07th Jan 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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Stuck on 20d and 23a. Are they 'unbraid ' and 'bel' respectively??? If so, why? if not, what?

(I have looked through the last couple of days' queries and can't find the answers, Apologies if they have already been asked/answered.)

s mag

shaneystar and jan

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gen2

I think it was upbraid and bel. Can you remind us what the clues where?

gen2

***were***

POINCIANA

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Hallo GEN 2

20d is 'Find fault with climbing plait' and 23a is 'In disbelief there is not a lot of sound'

gen2

Yes definitely UPbraid
Climbing = up
plait = braid
find fault with =upbraid

gen2

bel is a unit of sound. You've probably heard of the smaller unit - the decibel.

POINCIANA

Question Author

Thanks GEN 2;
I thought of 'bel' as nothing else seems to fit, but I believe a decibel is a tenth of a bel, so perhaps the clue should have read '...there IS a lot of sound?!'

Happy New Year

sarumite

POINCIANA the reason the clue for 23a reads as it does is because "bel" is contained in the word disbelief, and the phrase not a lot of sound indicates not a lot of deciBEL.
Hope I've not confused things!

POINCIANA

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Hallo Sarumite,

Thanks for this; I was too hung up on the meaning and not enough on the appearance of the word.

Happy New Year to you

crofter

POINCIANA Seasons Greetings!

I truly missed having your input for the recent Links Game. You see I suffer from IFMD (Intermittent Foot & Mouth Disease). During an attack, every time I open my mouth - I put my foot in it!

Apologies if I had overstepped the mark.

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