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Matakari | 09:33 Fri 14th Mar 2025 | Crosswords
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Good morning, stumped by Doc with the following for which I would appreciate some help, thanks.

16    Scots flower just missed bronze, say (5) : ?ORT?

35 Maiden leaves washday workers for riverside sportsmen (7)  :  ?T?L?RS

42    Senseless to trap small bats (6)  : ?US?N?

36    Girl is taken in to Helen’s heart (5)  : ??IS?

 

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16 Forth 

42  Insane - inane with S, small, inside.

36 Elise 

36 Elise, girl, 'is' inside middle of hELEn 

35 Anglers, Manglers, people who work laundry mangkes, lose the M, maiden.

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Many thanks, NACW, I did get anglers and insane, but was thrown off course. Left with the thorny problem of 13a/6d now.

It seems to me that the 13a 6d issue is unsolveable but I'm open to suggestions

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A read over leaves me with two questions. Has Doc been contacted about the discrepancy re 13a and 6d? And a confirmation of the following Unclued would be appreciated, thanks:

27d ?RI?ING  ( IRISING )

Driving ?

27d    Travelling through such as very heavy rain? (7)... driving

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Thanks, teacher1,of course, for 27d, I inadvertently mixed it up with an Unclued...

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