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Duncer | 11:30 Tue 01st Sep 2015 | Crosswords
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wWrong receptacle for smoker without aspiration (6) ?S?R?Y

I'm sure this is astray, but how does the H get removed from that clue?
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Astray round H (aspiration)
As(h)tray
wrong...as(h) tray
Astray, wrong - Ashtray without the 'h'/aspiration, dropping your aitches.
the h is the aspiration.
Astray - h (hope - aspiration) that's how I took it
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Aaaaaaaaah, thanks folks, or should that be "tanks"?
Without in this sense is used as an Adverb meaning 'outside'.
Aspiration


a. articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h -sound of how, or of when (hwen), or in the release of initial stops, as in the k -sound of key.
the use of such a speech sound, or aspirate, in pronunciation.

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