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barnaclebill58 | 15:04 Wed 25th Aug 2021 | Crosswords
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Please explain these to me.
1. Had pop singer found less quiet source of material. Ans Draper (sells material). A rapper might be a pop singer (questionable) , lose a p and you've got raper but can get the d nor account for the had.
2. Painter using black and red.Ans Blake. Black is b or bl but can't get the lake or ake. Lake paint is a type of paint but not exclusively red.
3. Thrash at which the Independent was present, supplying spirit. Ans indwelt (never heard of ) but that's the spirit bit. (Independent was in italics for some reason) .
4. Announce lift out of bounds for percussionists. Ans Steel band . Out of bounds would be banned but can't get the lift=steel .
5. Learned body abroad formally decide to cancel first degree. Ans Ulema. Never heard of it but that is the learned body abroad. There's annul and ma but can't get there.
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4 Announce = sounds like

Lift - steal
1 (ha')D-rap(p)er
2 Blake - 'b(lack)' + 'lake' (red dye)
3 Ind(ependent)-welt (verb; thrash)
4 Steel sounds like Steal lift - announce= sounds like.
5 (r)Ule-MA
Lift = steal sounds like steel
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Thanks all -should have got lift for steal!
Sorry for being dense by why do we lose ha from had, please?
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Of course! Never thought of I'd =I had .

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