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doctordolittle | 16:47 Sun 17th Jan 2016 | Crosswords
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31ac. Clouds in cloudy air heading off in both directions (5)?IR?I
26d. Money sap picked up in desert (5) ME?I?
29d. Knock a technical qualification (4) D?N?

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29 dent
31a.Cirri?
cirri
29 Ding, in Chambers re the qualification.
31 Cirri
26d.Merit - m(money) + tire(sap) reversed
26 I think this has to be, from crossing letters, Merit - but I can't parse it.
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Can you explain cirri?
Parse ^^^^
Cirri- plural of cirrus clouds
Air minus the A- goes both ways - IR+RI
Plus the c?
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C for cloudy I guess
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Merit - how does desert fit in?

Btw parse means split into grammatical components. Pushing it a bit....
Merit equals 'desert' as in 'something that is deserved' It's used in the phrase 'just deserts.'
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Merit as in just deserts
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Answers crossed. Thanks all.
The merit = deserve is from Chambers. That's where I got Ding, Doctor Ingeniariae ( and ding equals knock).

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