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Darh | 08:58 Thu 27th Sep 2018 | Crosswords
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Would anyone know a word for Corkscrew with seven letters which are E?U?I?R now I’m almost sure these letters are right but can’t come up with en answer
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If a Harvester is a large spider, that'd give the T for 'entwine'.
09:42 Thu 27th Sep 2018
Prof. uptie fits with join but how does it parse with union?
This is almost identical to the Chambers entry

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/uptie
As is this.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/eductor


They are great shouts, not sure they fit definition wise.
In the sense of to 'form a knot' dannyk13
Mamyalynne - Chambers gives -'something which educes ... (which earlier gives) 'draws out'.
I know it's a bit of a stretch but in the absence of anything better it's worth a shot.
Still not convinced Prof,I think that the drawing out in the definition refers more to drawing out in formation etc rather than drawing out a cork.Just my opinion.
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I think the earlier definitions 'to draw out - to extract' are physical and have been used figuratively regarding the later meaning 'to elicit' but that's just my opinion too.
Prof, it is entirely possible that the setter has come to that conclusion.As it stands it looks like eductor is the only probable solution.
Hopefully something better will come along.
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This u is a different one it comes from another clue I was asked about Danny
Which newspaper or magazine is the crossword from?
I tried asking that earlier Jo.
Sorry, Mamya :-)
Gosh, no sorry needed - it really would help if we could see the grid.
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going to go with untie and eductor and hope for the best will let you know the paper is the local guardian
Doesn't help really, there'll be a few Guardians - good luck.
Local to where, Darh?
I certainly wouldn't go with 'untie' Darh, as that is the opposite of 'join' - at least 'uptie' can satisfy the definition.
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Meant to say uptie sorry

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