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Times crossword 24,161

dunbraynin | 11:58 Sun 01st Mar 2009 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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Long hard struggle. Still five to go. Even Baitress's advice to have extra digestive with coffee hasn't worked!! Kick-finish needed. 1ac Words of old chief end when son interrupts (8) _ _ _ _ A _ S _. 1d Various notes produced by bow (6) _ _ C _ _ _. Fo'c'sle? How? 28ac Lots of farm girls return, deprived of equipment (6). I have M_R_A_ (if 25d isPAPA(razzi). Many thanks in advance. Still leaves 2d &12ac but hope requested answers will help.

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MOS 12 across

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Lie-in King

1a Archaism - 'Arch' (chief) + 'aim' (end) + s(on) (in)
1d Accede (lots of musical notes!)
28a Myriad - 'Dairym aids' - returned, less 'equipment'
25d Pap-a(wards) - as "Oscar, Papa..." - alphabet in radio comms

dunbraynin

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Many thanks. I do feel this harder than most Times; having been doing them for some 25 yrs. Usually pretty competent with cryptics (in 1991 won The Guardian crossword set by Araucaria after solving a 92 letter, 24 word anagram) but doubt I would have completed this one without your help.

odurhamccc

2d is carouse O in car use (driving) pretty obscure and 12a is doubleknit (alternate letters in oLdErKiNdIs in doubt~unreliable) ps PAPA is pap and a nonsense plus first letter of awards ~ oscar follower being oscar papa quebec romeo etc

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