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Independent 6825 Saturday Crossword

turnerjmw | 21:14 Sat 30th Aug 2008 | Crosswords

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16a German to abscond leaving more debts? (8)
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I assume it's RELEVANT, but I'm not that happy about German. Is it a misprint for Germane, is it a meaning of German I don't know, or have I got something else wrong? Thanks in advance

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Catron

German can mean germane if it helps? This is from Chambers:

german
adj of the first degree, full (see brother, cousin); closely related); germane, relevant.

turnerjmw

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Thanks so much, Catron. My Chambers is the 1976 version, which doesn't have that expanded definition, just the family one. Time I dragged myself into the 21st century, I fear!

Very much appreciated

Catron

Glad to be of help.

crofter

I haven't sussed the entire wordplay, but "to abscond" is "to levant". "Leaving more debts" is still loose"!

turnerjmw

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I assumed this: that "levant" was to abscond leaving debts, as in to welsh. The "more" was there in italics to indicate to do so again, i.e. to re-levant. As long as "german" can mean "germane", as Catron indicated the current Chambers suggests it can, I'm satisfied!

Thanks for your help

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