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hope19 | 16:25 Tue 16th Mar 2010 | Crosswords
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Stuck on last two!

23a Bent marline spike originally made from non-organic material(8)M?n?r?l?
251 Strapping son found in wood(8)A?s?s?
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23a minerals
25a. ASSESS- ***+(S) head of spit)
***+ S (head of spit. Sorry for typo above
26a thickset (son = s, wood = thicket)
The board would not allow the 5 letter word for donkeys A - - - S
*** ?
You are so right sainty, I just tried it too, the Ed must have a bucket of asterisks to distribute tonight!
Just stumbled across this. Presumably the board cnesorship has an American English lexicon as its guide. I wonder if they'd allow arses?
Apparently yes!
Indeed they do!!!
Another victory for Received Pronunciation, I suppose. I always have trouble with the Christmas carol making "a...s" (see above) rhyme with surpasses - easy if you're an American, or indeed anything other than Home Counties UK.

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