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bigdave1954 | 15:35 Sun 23rd Nov 2014 | Crosswords
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Last one. 40d Someone maintaining a hostile environment (8) ?E?I?G?R Someone elsewhere has suggested "besieger" but I cannot see the parsing
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it could be right - if you are besieging a place, you are hostile to the inhabitants?
15:36 Sun 23rd Nov 2014
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environment can mean surrounding so besieger looks ok.
15:38 Sun 23rd Nov 2014
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Sorry folks - the last word of the clue should have been "investment" not "environment". Blame it on a late night. Any further and better ideas?
15:48 Sun 23rd Nov 2014
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Investment also defined as blockade (Chambers)
16:20 Sun 23rd Nov 2014
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Still leads to Besieger being correct.
16:22 Sun 23rd Nov 2014

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