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Ripper | 10:42 Sun 26th Jul 2015 | Crosswords
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40 across: Shakespearean fairy captured by faint-hearted person acting (6) HEL?NA. I'm sure it must be Helena but she's not a fairy! Can anyone enlighten me?
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Ripper,

It's HEN (faint-hearted person) capturing EL(F), (fairy) with A (Acting). This is one of the first type of clues described in the preamble, with F the extra letter to be removed. Definition is "Shakespearean".
10:55 Sun 26th Jul 2015
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ELF ( fairy ) captured by HEN ( faint hearted person ) A ( acting ) gives HELFENA with the F being an extra letter in the wordplay.

HELENA is the Shakespearean of the definition.
10:56 Sun 26th Jul 2015
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Thank you Gregsdad & Red Dave
11:00 Sun 26th Jul 2015

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