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Cryptomaniac | 11:45 Mon 19th Sep 2016 | Crosswords
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10ac: Beginning to snuff candle, having turned round meal. (6) -e-a-t. I assume
it's REPAST (meal) but cannot see how on earth to parse that. Any ideas? Many thanks.
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Candle = TAPER (turned round) + S(nuff) (beginning of)
anag of taper+s(nuff)
S(nuff) inside taper(candle) reversed
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Thanks all. Must be half a century since I heard that word taper used!
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Many Thanks
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B elated
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Palette

Belated

Lozenge
1d/Palette -let(permit) inside pate(spread)

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