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[davey b]

Aggresive women - Sarah for example, with lots of allies and weapons ?A?T?E-?X?S It looks like BATTLE-AXES Can anyone please explain?

[Lie-in King]

Battle-axes (x 2 defs) - 'aggressive women' & 'weapons'; wordplay is given by -

'Sarah' (battle, given as a synonym in Bradford's Crossword Solver [perhaps connected to the diminutive 'Sally'?]) + 'axes' (plural of 'axis', an alliance of powers)

Perhaps someone else can find a reference for 'Sarah = battle' - OED Online doesn't show it & I've not been able to find it elsewhere, sorry.

[davey b]

Thanks Lie-in-King.