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venator | 14:39 Fri 21st Jul 2017 | Crosswords
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Stuck on this

25ac Gnome’s short skirt (4) I have?A?I

Looks like MAXI , but why?
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Maxi(m) a gnome is another word for a saying.
A gnome is a pithy saying, a maxim.

Hence

Maxi(m)
maxim = gnome
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Thanks Genii, or whatever's the plural of what you are!

Never heard that meaning of Gnome - still learning at 77!
I'm older than that and i'm also still learning.
That's one of the main pleasures of crosswords for me, the ever learning circle.
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I need to learn faster than I forget though - the race is getting closer?
:-)
my lovely mum did crosswords right up until she passed away in February at the age of 90 and still said she learnt something new every week xx

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