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mullingar | 19:40 Sat 01st Jan 2011 | Crosswords
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Can anyone explain the workings of 8 down? Old men maybe consuming eggs having lots of space(9) I know the answer is roominess but I can't quite figure the wordplay
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mines (=eggs) in roos (=old men)
cf Chambers
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Thank you. I didn't think I was going to get an answer! Two rare words there methinks
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And now that I look I see that my Chambers 2003 doesn't have it. It goes from roop to roosa and nothing relevant under roo
In my edition of Chambers - 'old man': an adult male kangaroo and 'roo': a short form of kangaroo
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Thank you JMR I didn't think to look under 'old man' but sure enough there it is

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