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etf9705 | 12:23 Fri 28th Mar 2014 | Crosswords
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16d (9) boat race crew? Did'nt eat anything we hear (ExxxxxOxe)
23a(8) Open University set of books dumped at sea - great quantity(MxUxxxxx)
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eightsome
mountain
12:24 Fri 28th Mar 2014
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Ta ever so
Ted
12:26 Fri 28th Mar 2014
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16d.Eightsome
23a.Mountain
12:27 Fri 28th Mar 2014
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That seems to be a poor clue. An eightsome is a boat crew, but how does it, when pronounced 'ate some', tally with 'didn't eat anything'. The non-existent word eightnone fits it better.
12:31 Fri 28th Mar 2014
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Clue should have been worded 'didn't eat everything' that would fit better.
12:33 Fri 28th Mar 2014
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clue in paper actually read 'everything'
12:33 Fri 28th Mar 2014
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16d.Correct clue is "didn't eat everything, we hear"
12:34 Fri 28th Mar 2014
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Ah, thank you, now makes sense
12:38 Fri 28th Mar 2014

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