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[cracker22]

This one is irritating me...

11a: Long for Poles in pairs to conceal base cowardice - CRAVENNESS

Long for - CRAVE
Poles in pairs - NNSS

But where does the E come from? base?

Thanks

[shooty]

E is a base
e — symbol for
1. maths a transcendental number, fundamental to mathematics, that is the limit of (1 + 1 /n ) n as n increases to infinity: used as the base of natural logarithms. Approximate value: 2.718 282…; relation to π: e πi = --1, where i = √--1

[sandyRoe]

the last letter of the word cowardice, or base, is an E?

[sandyRoe]

ignore my comment. Shooty's answer is it

[cracker22]

I'm not surprised I didn't know! ;-)

Ta

[shooty]

I know. I asked about the reference to 'E' some time back, and was given this answer. Glad I have managed to remember it : )