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Any sugestions for these please; I'll keep struggling with the downs !
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13 Undergarment worn bypenitents (6)
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15 According to the demands of the case (2,2,4)
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17 Presidential cat (8)
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26 Fanciful C16th term for low spirits or colic (10)
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28 Literary commentators who concentrate on texts rather than background (3,7) ?e? critics
33 Small cake of unleavened Indian bread, deep-fried and served hot (5)
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47 Instrument which measures the degree of fermentation (9)
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In passing:
21 Patron saint of the archdiocese of Tuam (7)
http://www.theanswerb.../Question1085600.html Jarlath or Jariath ? – again !
ACROSS
13 Undergarment worn bypenitents (6)
?i???e
15 According to the demands of the case (2,2,4)
In re n???
17 Presidential cat (8)
???f????
26 Fanciful C16th term for low spirits or colic (10)
????u?r?b?
28 Literary commentators who concentrate on texts rather than background (3,7) ?e? critics
33 Small cake of unleavened Indian bread, deep-fried and served hot (5)
?o?r?
47 Instrument which measures the degree of fermentation (9)
???ometer
In passing:
21 Patron saint of the archdiocese of Tuam (7)
http://www.theanswerb.../Question1085600.html Jarlath or Jariath ? – again !
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In basset, seven times as much added to the first stake (8) ?E?T?E?T
Wikipedia just tells me: The sept-et-le-va (seven and the go): the first great chance that showed the advantages of the game, namely, if the player had won the couch, and then made a paroli by crooking the corner of his card, and going on to a second chance, if his winning card turned up again, it became a sept-et-le-va, which was seven times as much as he had laid upon his card.
In basset, seven times as much added to the first stake (8) ?E?T?E?T
Wikipedia just tells me: The sept-et-le-va (seven and the go): the first great chance that showed the advantages of the game, namely, if the player had won the couch, and then made a paroli by crooking the corner of his card, and going on to a second chance, if his winning card turned up again, it became a sept-et-le-va, which was seven times as much as he had laid upon his card.