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The Week 1219 Saturday July 25Th 2020

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rtxwdtrier | 08:51 Sat 25th Jul 2020 | Crosswords
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3 problems with clues this week:
8d "Irregular dates unknown to me (6)" S _ E _ D _ looks like STEADY but why "to me"?
21d "Sort of car that is the making of pa! (5)" P _ N _ A looks like PANDA (old police car) but why "is the making"?
22a "Unicorn is out for fun (9)" I _ C _ R _ I _ N looks like INCURSION but why "for fun"?

Any help please.
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21d. P and a-spell pa.
08:54 Sat 25th Jul 2020
Anagram of DATES with Y (unknown)
21d. P and a-spell pa.
22 anagram unicorn is
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Thanks all - but in each case it's the other words in the clue that fox me, plus no definition for INCURSION or STEADY.
i don't see 'fun' as a synonym for incursion?
thanks danny, new definition for me
And me ael :-)
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danny, thanks for the view from Down Under which seems to be about excursions rather than hostile attack or invasion.
For some reason,best known to them, some setters omit a definition.
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Google says that in Australia a school incursion is a visit from a speaker or group, as opposed to an excursion where the children leave the school. The website title "fundayout" must be awfully misleading!
8d is an all-in-one or &lit clue where the whole clue serves as the definition. A 'steady' is a regular girlfriend/boyfriend so would not go on irregular dates.
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Thanks Calibax, it's a more ingenious clue than I'd realised!

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