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nickgascoign | 16:26 Tue 04th Jun 2024 | Crosswords
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I'm fairly sure the answer is CHINAWARE, where 'mate' becomes 'china' in Cockney slang, but how does 'unit' become 'ware'?

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W, with+ Are, a lan measurement, unit.
16:27 Tue 04th Jun 2024

W, with+ Are, a lan measurement, unit.

Land measurement, sorry.

w(ith) are (unit)

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/are

a unit of area equal to 100 sq metres or 119.599 sq yards; one hundredth of a hectare

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Thank you both, now I get it.

Both are best answers really, so I just awarded it to the first one to arrive.

Glad we could help, nickgascoign. It's very rare for me to beat Lie-in King, but I speeded up my typing (and hence the typo!).

I'd have been there without the reference... 😉

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