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[Darh]

Clue Perturbation 9 letters in answer A?I???I?N

[Darh]

Babbinwales clues that got me to Bina Birthmark 5letters I have put Naevi clue pipistrelle I put Bat which fives me the B and Perturbation which gives me the A and they all fit perfectly

[bobbinwales]

Thank's.
This crossword seems to like foreign words.
Naevi means birthmarks plural so could answer be nevus?

[Darh]

No then it would be BS?A could you look up word BIMA

[dannyk13]

Bima not in Chambers.

[ProfessorMaisie]

BIMA (alt sp. bema, bimah) is in Collins - it's a raised speaker's platform in ancient Athens, also where scripture is read in a church or Torah (law?) is read in a synagogue.

[bobbinwales]

Must be that then, thanks proffessormaisey. Bit obscure for a local andaman still unsure about naevi

[ProfessorMaisie]

I know what you mean about the plural, bobbinwales - it worries me too.
The clue might be pluralised and Darh has simply missed off the 's' but if it really is singular then Darh has possibly put in the wrong answer, because there's an archaic spelling of the singular naevus - NAEVE - and if the 'i' in BiMA comes from that word then it could be an 'e' (and BeMA is the usual spelling - it's in Chambers under that spelling!).
It's a pity Darh didn't come back to the thread.

[Darh]

Have let it off now with the word BIMA in so have to wait a week for answer