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jenniferd | 12:14 Mon 25th Apr 2011 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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44a Dignified and imposing in middle age (8) ??T?O?L?
46a A wheel-clamp (6,4) D???E? B?O?
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44a Matronly (?)
46a Denver boot
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Thanks Lie-in King. I saw Denver Boot on One Look Dict site but didn't investigate further. Silly Me.
Also found matronly but thought it was a sexist answer as didn't include both sexes.
See you've put a ?mark.
Hi jen - the '?' was simply because it was the 1st word I saw. By "both sexes", do you mean 'patronly'?

Having checked, Chambers doesn't show that word at all, but gives 'matronly' as - "...of middle age...dignified and imposing..."
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Have one more question.
If 44a is Matronly this makes 36d Calling earnestly (7) ?L?M?N? and can't find a suitable word.
Clamant
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Thanks Lie-in King. Must be Matronly then, which cannot refer to me as although I am well into middle age I am definitely not "dignified and imposing".
I'm sure you don't fit the rest of the description either - "...plump or portly..."! :-)
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That definitely fits me better but I would have defined myself as "small and slightly plump" but not portly!!

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