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mullingar | 13:45 Sat 09th Oct 2010 | Crosswords
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Can anyone explain 5 down please The missing letter is R the clue reads;The old man sounded guarded, walking around.(9) I have pat(r)olled but can't see either 'sounded guarded' or walkING around. What am I missing?
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olled sounds like old
No, it's not that Roslyn.

PA TOLLED = old man (father, pa) + tolled = sounded

"guarded walking around" = patrolled
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Thank you DJ that is an unusual split in the wording.Very clever it certainly fooled me
Fooled me too for a long time.

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