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rainblue | 02:01 Mon 30th Jun 2008 | Crosswords
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12a Nothing left after payment for antique fair.
Probably TOL LOL but why? answer gratefully accepted.
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Tol-lol means fair, pretty good.
Toll is an old ( antique ) word meaning payment.
O = nothing.
L = left..
So toll + o + l.
05:31 Mon 30th Jun 2008
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Differ slightly with novalis:

Tol-lol is old('antique') slang meaning 'pretty good' ie. fair.

It's derived from O ('nothing') L ('left') after TOLL('payment')
05:53 Mon 30th Jun 2008
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these both the same breakdowns?
08:44 Mon 30th Jun 2008
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novalis & greyfox thank you
learn something every day
16:02 Mon 30th Jun 2008

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