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[Bernie]

Wall hangings (7)t?n?u?e
Many thanks

[Mamyalynne]

Is that the right pattern Bernie?

[dannyk13]

Or the right clue?

[mallyh]

tonsure ...monks haircut fits the letters but not the clue x

[Mamyalynne]

Well, yes - hence the queries.

[mallyh]

sorry mamya didn't mean to ignore your answer just putting forward a suggestion xx

[Mamyalynne]

I know :-)

[shoota]

We may never know....

[shoota]

My money is on 'Posters'


(One of you 'posters' should crack it.)

[Bernie]

1d Whit (4) I have Iota.
1a Minute (13) I have infinitesimal
3d. Fostered (9)I have nourished
Hence I have the pattern t?n?u?e. for clue given Wall hangings..May be wrong in some of them!!
2d Jane, Bridget, Peter and Henry (5) I have Fonda as answer which gives me the N

[Mamyalynne]

Those all look good, wonder if they've messed up?

[Bernie]

Thank you all for your help.I will keep trying!

[Mamyalynne]

I don't think it's you who isn't trying, more likely an error with the clue as others have said too.

[JJ109]

Tenture
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tenture

[shoota]

Well done JJ.
Did you know that?

[aelmpvw]

well done jj

[shoota]

(C'est un mot Francais aussi)

[Mamyalynne]

Interesting, a singular answer when the clue is plural.

Chambers has 'Tent' for a curtain but doesn't list 'Tenture'.

Wonder what dictionary this setter uses.

Well found.

[JJ109]

Thanks - I had vaguely heard of the word - but did not know what it was exactly. I thought it was to do with art in some form - and had to look it up.