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PuzzPuzzPuzz | 13:48 Sat 03rd Nov 2012 | Crosswords
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Finished but need some parsing help on these: 15 Illness old police chief contracted on two occasions (8) BERIBERI (I know it's an illness). 14 Head squandering billions at a time (4) ONCE.
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14 (b)once
15 beri(a)beri(a)
be·ria/ˈbyeryə/






Beria
Lavrenti Pavlovich (1899–1953), head of the Soviet Union's secret police 1938–53.
(Laventry) Beria was police chief under Stalin, so take away final letter, twice.
Remove B for billions from bonce.
[-n]ONCE
NONCE -The one or single occasion (AS IN for the nonce)

(BERI[-a])(BERI[-a])
contracted - shortened
BERIA shortened gives BERI
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Never heard of bonce or Beria, so thanks!!
6 A. On fifth of August a person used to set off (5) ??a?n
BONCE (slang for head) - B(illions) = ONCE

(BERI[-a])(BERI[-a])
BERIA contracted/shortened = BERI
on two occasions
BERI/BERI (illness)
(S)(PAWN)
S is the fifth letter of AUGUST
person - PAWN
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