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guardian cryptic

blinker | 14:10 Tue 23rd Mar 2010 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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22a city of the region in germany.
?u?d?r?a?d

This is my first attempt at this crossword and find it difficult to adjust to the setter.
I thought Sunderland but why? thank you .

RT13

dm crossword 23/03

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Vagrant

Sunderland. Definition is City. First 3 letters, sun (Sunday) , are unclued and ignored as per the special instructions. I can think of 2 explanations for the rest - der Land can mean 'of the land' in (very bad) German. (Land can mean region, der can mean 'of the', but not together as a phrase - 'of the region' would be 'des Landes, not der Land).
Or, it could be DDR (former East Germany) in Elan (region in Wales).
Please persevere - Araucaria is regarded by many as the very best setter by a long way.

Zabadak

I don't think the "of" has to go with "the region" - it's just there as a convenient connector in cluespeak. "Der Land" is therefore acceptable so long as the two words themselves are being translated without reference to each other (der is ok for the, land is ok for region, but "the land" together would be das Land)

blinker

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Thank you both for your detailed reply and having patience with an old dear like me.

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