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farkha | 07:16 Wed 18th Nov 2015 | Crosswords
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The French seed off after sweetheart slipped away (7) e??p?ed
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escaped?
elapsed
Sorry- doesn't fit!
Elapsed?
Presume it is sped off rather than seed off
Does the P come from heart of SLIPPED then? I'd assumed it was E from heart of swEet
sped off would work perfectly, yes
if sped then e(sweetheart) + la(French the) + anagram of sped.
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Thank you. My bet is with elapse. The clue should have read
The French sped off.... 'slipped away' possible for elapse answer?
Yes, that's the definition and the wordplay is as explained best by dannyk
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Thank you all for your help. Regards

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