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Sunday Times Mephisto 2676 Monday December 12th 2011

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maurice | 12:30 Mon 12th Dec 2011 | Crosswords
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LAST THREE!Can anyone confirm following:
9a buck
13a egest
18a shareholder
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9a busk
12:43 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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many thanks,kkm.have you no full explanation of the other two?Can only see SH + OLDER in clue for 18;"old lover...love...romance..." makes no sense to me in 13!
12:55 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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Please could you tell us the clues?
12:57 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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The only one I still don't get fully is SHAREHOLDER as solution to "Mum about to enage senior partner in firm,say?".I can only see SH (=mum) + OLDER (=senior).Any idea now?
13:01 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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could 'hare' mean 'to engage'?

i've seen a definition; To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

Just a thought...
13:06 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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Dear chelle:I notice you're on both forums,too!Still looking for that meaning in dictionaries & online:that could be the explanation,I suppose.Funny nobody else is joining in as usual with an immediate & convincing answer!Or is the clue just weak:poorly constructed,maybe?!
13:16 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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Hi Maurice, i'm also surprised there aren't more people answering your posts. This isn't a crossword I usually do (bit difficult for me!).
Maybe your not the only one struggling with it?

Hope you get it sorted :)
13:18 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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The best i could come up with was HIRE for engage but SHIREHOLDER doesn't sound like SHAREHOLDER to me
13:21 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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In the meantime I've sent it off,optimistically hoping AB's explanation is good enough! If that is the case (can't really believe it),then my opinion of the setter has taken a knocking! In any case it's now time for a siesta before the massive task of writing Xmas cards.........................
13:25 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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Could the answer be 'stakeholder' rather than 'shareholder'?

'take' (engage, as in taken/engaged) inside 'sh' (mum) + 'older' (senior)
13:25 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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Yes, I prefer STAKEHOLDER.
I assumed that the answer was known to be right and we were just trying to explain it.
Maurice- can you retrieve your envelope?
13:27 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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Oh my God!Does SHIREHOLDER really exist?It's not in Chambers!One letter wrong & all that effort will have been in vain!
13:28 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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It will be stakeholder, I'm sure
13:28 Mon 12th Dec 2011
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I think the word sh*t is now appropriate even if taboo, as NO! I can't retrieve it!Oh well, at least I can sleep now.......................
13:31 Mon 12th Dec 2011

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