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chalky2850 | 03:56 Mon 21st Apr 2014 | Crosswords
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He'd like to give us all a good talking-to once a week (8) ?R?????R
Describing insects with wings of short span (9) E????????
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2=EPHEMERAL
I thought that was short life-span, but a more generic usage seems valid.
EPHEMERAL

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ephemeral adj 1 lasting a short time. 2 biol denoting a plant or animal that completes its life cycle within weeks, days or even hours, eg the mayfly and many desert plants. noun, biol such a plant or animal. ephemerality noun (ephemeralities).
ETYMOLOGY: 16c.
I think it was the use of the word WINGS in the clue that caused the queries, Baldric

Wings (also known as Paul McCartney and Wings) were a rock band formed in 1971 by Paul McCartney with his wife Linda McCartney.
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But they lasted quite a few years...


Not ephemeral then?
mores the pity!!

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