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Azed 2596 Help With Parsing Please

alidoc | 21:38 Wed 16th Mar 2022 | Crosswords

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1d Piece of armour once man has incomplete set on top. pl?c?at is this placcat ? , in a sense placket would be better but Chambers only gives me placket or placcat, help with parsing gratefully received, I'm cautiously optimistic that my other across answers are correct

Help With Azed 2596 Plain Needed

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ProfessorMaisie

PLAC(e)+CAT = 'man' (slang)

Buenchico

Wiktionary recognises 'placcat':
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/placcat

Captain2

I can see your parsing

incomplete (to) set = PLAC(e) + CAT = 'hey man' in jazzy terminology.

alidoc

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Thanks ProfMaisie I was thinking the chap was Pat !

ProfessorMaisie

Now I see why you were tempted by 'placket', alidoc ('lack' for 'incomplete' inside Pat).

ProfessorMaisie

...or 'plackat', maybe?

Buenchico

In its entry for 'placate' (as a synonym for 'placard'), the OED lists 'placcat' among earlier forms of the word. However, as it says that that form was used during the 1500s and 1600s, the Azed setter appears to be even older than I am!

;-)

Captain2

^^^ that would have to be 'pet' not 'pat' though, ProfM?

Captain2

sorry, crossed posts Prof. :))

ProfessorMaisie

Yes, Captain2 - I think alidoc meant to type 'plackAt would be better', and the first 'plackEt' was a typo (but the answer is definitely PLACCAT).

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