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cracker22 | 16:54 Thu 07th Feb 2013 | Crosswords
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15a Back of precious metal in cover is durable (7) L-S-I-G is presumably LASTING but why?

12d Bank in flipping skulduggery (3) EGG presumably, but why the bank? Nest egg? It doesn't seem to fit
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12d hidden in reverse in skulduggery
16:55 Thu 07th Feb 2013
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frugalfred - why the bank?
16:56 Thu 07th Feb 2013
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back of precious = s; metal - tin; lag =cover, as in lagging water pipes.
16:57 Thu 07th Feb 2013
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I think it's a misprint - should read "back", i.e. reversed
16:58 Thu 07th Feb 2013
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good one - I should have spotted that. Maybe one day.....
16:58 Thu 07th Feb 2013
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If it is "back", could be "egg on"
16:59 Thu 07th Feb 2013
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on reflection - flipping = turning over, reversing; bank could well be nest egg. I'm getting muddled!
17:02 Thu 07th Feb 2013
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If it is nest egg, it seems a little clumsy for this setter. Hang on - egg.com is a bank!

Thanks for your thoughts
17:08 Thu 07th Feb 2013
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I think internet bank EGG is right as there was controversy recently re it,s dealings!
17:26 Thu 07th Feb 2013

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