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crosseyed | 20:59 Tue 27th Feb 2018 | Crosswords
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Last one ..Distressed republican shed clothes. I have h?r?
Think it might be hurt but can't parse.
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Drench - goodnight Crosseyed
23:57 Tue 27th Feb 2018
Hurt = distressed. Shed = Hut, put R for Republican inside.
Hut (shed) is clothing R (Republican)
...and 'clothes' means the shed/hut contains the R, republican.
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Doh! Many thanks Neveracrossword and Mamyalynne. I was shedding the first and last letters of a word that doesn't exist!
The craft of a good clue to throw you.
Glad I could help, crosseyed.
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And thrown I was...
Crosseyed, I like it when a setter sends me off in the wrong direction - but only once I've solved the clue and realised where I was going!
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Me too, but I often run out of steam when I come to the last clue.
Here's a similar one I like from a recent Times Jumbo:
'Female apparel in dainty boxes' (5)
she's in there gg ;)
Linda, in the clue
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Has to be Linda then....hiding in plain sight.
And another recent favourite, from the Telegraph, I think:
'One espousing leather trousers' (6)
Single, hidden
And a long time ago I was totally thrown by this one - but still remember it, because it was a great clue.
Potty train (4)
Loco
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In which children choose to soak 6.Goodnight All.
Drench - goodnight Crosseyed

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