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[chalky2850]

3a TV drama series provided that about Father Time(4,6 ) 4,?P????
1d Keep up with twelfth man after start of point -to- point(8)

[Jackdaw33]

3 Soap Operas.

[scorpiojo]

1 P(oint) reserve (12th man)

[chalky2850]

Thank you

[fiction-factory]

Thanks Jackdaw. Is the wordplay for 1 then SO and POP and ERAS? If so where did the A come from?

[fiction-factory]

Sorry for 3 (they are numbered other way round)

[dannyk13]

FF. pop-(father) + era(time) inside so as (provided)

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. I also could see how provided could be so, and now I'm wondering why provided = so as. Maybe an example sentence wher they are interchangeable would clarify it for me

[fiction-factory]

I can see provided that -' as long as' as 'so long as' but not just 'so as'

[fiction-factory]

Sorry- keyboard is missing bits out on here

I also could NOT see how provided could be 'so', and now I'm wondering why provided = so as. Maybe an example sentence where they are interchangeable would clarify it for me. I can see provided that -' as long as' as 'so long as' but not just 'so as'

[dannyk13]

In phrases such as so as to provide something

[fiction-factory]

Sorry, I don't get that and the clue says provided that but I'll leave it thanks as I'm clearly not on the same wavelength as everyone else here today

[LGP]

think I'm on your wavelength FF

[dannyk13]

Entry 29 b
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/so?s=t

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. I think I gave up looking once I go to 25b after 30 minutes.
I must be too young to know it a sit says 'older use'. I'd always say 'so long as' to mean 'provided that' but clearly 'so as' has been used in the past