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Jennykenny | 10:07 Sat 04th Aug 2018 | Crosswords
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This French writer of note ruined PhD - the making of Daphne du Maurier... (6)
No letters.

Like du Maurier’s The Birds, breaking chain (7)
C???i??

I don’t know why I attempt this every Saturday. Always, with the exception of Paul’s work, a disaster.
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1. ruinedphd + letters of the answer anagram to give daphne du marier
5a - CORVIDS (vis = like, breaking cords = chain) so, crowlike
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Thank you.
Way beyond my brain.
CH (CHAIN) outside ORNIS (BIRD) = CORNISH
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Sorry Roslyn, didn’t quite get your answer??
1. Rameau (french composer) = anagram Daphne Du Maurier "MINUS" (the letters of) ruined PhD
take the letters r u i n e d p h d out of daphne du maurier , then anagram the remaining letters to give the author required
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Okay, that’s it. I officially give up.
No, definitely not corvids, hats off to Confounded

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