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Cryptomaniac | 11:24 Mon 23rd Apr 2018 | Crosswords
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Help with parsing, please. 2d Scale a scale, short of the bitter end. (6) -s-e-d. I’ve got ASCEND, but can’t see apart from the definition. 14d 7 in 7, everything originally from a European City. (8) v-e-n-s-. I’ve got VIENNESE, but again can’t see apart from the definition. Btw, 7 in the grid is TRICKY. Thanks.
Also, how did some clever people solve 23, 1 and 5 down when the wrong number of letters was given?
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2d Ascend - 'a sc(ale) end' (short of the "bitter") 14d Viennese - anag (tricky) 'in seven e(verything; originally)'
11:29 Mon 23rd Apr 2018
Ascend(scale) = a sc(ale - remove ale/bitter) + end
2d Ascend - 'a sc(ale) end' (short of the "bitter")
14d Viennese - anag (tricky) 'in seven e(verything; originally)'
2d It is two part clue. Ascend is scale, the sc(ale) then end.
2 A sc(ale) + end
in SEVEN (anagram of the first 7 letters) + E(verything)= Viennese (from a European city)
Oh - not there when I started typing.
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Thanks all. Had never come across sc as abbr. for scale before.
It's not an abbrviation for scale - i think it's scale minus the ale (bitter)
^ see jj109's and Lie-in King's posts

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