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emmemm | 04:22 Tue 31st Jul 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Please put me out of my misery ... it's the "M" word, 9 letters, "Preserve and spoil invalid over water" ... so MARMALADE is a preserve, and MAR is spoil, and with Moliere's play "La Malade Imaginaire" then MALADE could be an invalid, but how does "over water" fit in? Where am I going wrong? Everything else fits into place.

THANKS in advance. MM
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malade, being French, comes from 'over the water'.

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