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Irish Times Christmas Crosaire

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  • 27-12-2010 11:51pm
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    Spike440
    Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭


    Just finished it but there's one clue I only got by getting the letters from other answers.

    20D -
    ADD

    Sounds as if one's a moron but divine.

    Any theories?


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    meldrew0306
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭meldrew0306


    answer is ADD. Sounds like a moron (more on)


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    nompere
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    DD is a Doctor of Divinity.


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    JuliusCaesar
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    Last one: 29A. Ed could make bad light off of this. H-C-

    Any ideas? Hints?


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    Spike440
    Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭Spike440


    I had
    WICKED
    .

    Sounds like you have a mistake in 8D. I think the answer is
    COCK OF THE WALK
    . You might have
    COCK OF THE HOOP
    ?


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    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Excellent! I was between hill and heap, and 34a gave me the L. Thanks! That makes sense both ways as Crosaire likes. What are we going to do when they run out of Crosaire puzzles???


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    Orion
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    Cannot get my head around the last few for some reason.

    12A: The little creatures make such outfits. K?T? (Kits but why?)
    6D: Stroke the one that gets the stern one of them. O?R? (Oars?)
    30A: It's more that a bit steep to sound so cut off ??EE?
    27D: This does give a dose of it P??S?C


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    meldrew0306
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    12a kits is correct(kittens)
    6d oars is correct
    30a sheer
    27d physic


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    Orion
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    Thanks. Sheer and Physic I should have got :o

    Still don't understand oars and kittens but I'll take your word for it :) If the little creatures made ten such outfits I'd get it.


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    nompere
    Registered Users Posts: 1,675 ✭✭✭nompere


    Macros42 wrote: »
    Thanks. Sheer and Physic I should have got :o

    Still don't understand oars and kittens but I'll take your word for it :) If the little creatures made ten such outfits I'd get it.

    Kit is an alternative to kitten. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_%28disambiguation%29

    Stroke refers to what a person does with an oar and to a particular oarsman who sits at the stern of a boat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke_%28rowing%29


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    Orion
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    Ah - I didn't know it referred to a person too. Thanks.


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