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walgraver | 17:59 Fri 01st Jul 2011 | Crosswords
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1D - Sometimes seen hanging around at the back in church (6). I have D?S?A?

6D - Bust up in Athenian violence (5). I have H???A.

7D - his second opinion was not much valued (2,6). I have D???T?O? - de somebody ?

10A - Lexicographer who may have agreed that 'Malt does more than Milton can ...' Justify God's way to man' is the rest of this quotation but who is the lexicographer ?
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7D Dr Watson ?
10a A.E. Housman
6d Herma is a bust but I'm not sure where 'violence' comes into it
1d Dossal
10a Brewer
1d dossal?
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I now know 6D - bust up in Athenian violence (5). HERMA; ; hermaphrodite; herm - aphrodite. Herm = bust. Aphrodite = Athenian goddess
7d - Dr Watson, 10A - brewer
7d - Dr Watson, 10a - Brewer
The herms in Athenens were famously smashed just before the Athenian fleet left to conquer Sicily. This blasphemy indirectly led to the expedition's failure and to Athenian defeat in the war against Sparta.

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