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Matakari | 08:48 Sun 30th Aug 2020 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Still in the dark with the following and seek answers, please !
Thanks!
ACROSS:
15 Rapidly put away card,
not large one in pack
(7, two wds) : M?L?C??

16 Devils Gauguin
cubistically captures (6): ??C?B?

33 Like some gems in
mouth, mostly
charming (7, hyph): D?A????

2 Cockney’s reportedly
very cultural feature (7): I?E????

30 Essayist unhappy
about letters from
abroad (7): L?M?D?? ( LAMBDAS? )

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16 Incubi in clue
30 Yes 11th letter Greek alphabet
15a M is wrong 6d is Hawking
16 hidden in clue defn devils
33 Your D is wrong 33d is hidden in the clue backwards defn indian
42 Your I is wrong should be able to correct it from 33d.....cockney usually means miss off the "h" from beg of a word sounding the same...30 yes Lamb (elia lamb is the essayist) + sad reversed
Matakari, did you miss my reply to your query yesterday?
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This was in fact a reply to Neveracroosword's answer, but I got muddled somewhere along the line. Many thanks to you and Roslyn! As I try to solve 33(A) and 33(D), I would like to request HINTS only for the following as I work towards the quotation...
ACROSS:
22 Beastly remark, one
that’s fine (4): ?O??

43 Hip composer’s pen (6): ?NCA??

DOWN:
2 Lout I’m surprised
turned acceptable (4): ??ON ( HOON? )

13 Birds in thick liquid that
is aboard vessel (7): ?I?S?ES ( GIPSIES? )

20 After new month,
turned up gold moth (6): ???T??

40 Lounge that’s funny, as
they say (4): ???? (LOLZ? )
Thanks, Matakari. Glad you've got to the 'wanting hints' stage - we could have ended up filling in the whole grid!
20. New +three letter abbreviation for a month + a usual two letter abbreviation for 'gold', that part being reversed.
13 Your I is wrong.
43. The usual short word for 'hip', modern + a four letter composer (famous for his Silence).
40. A double definition - the first meaning is Lounge, the second is something you could put at the end of a text.Your Z is wrong.
22 3 letter beastly noise +i defn fine
43 usually 2 letter word for hip/fashionable + composer defn an old word for put in a pen

2d yes Ho oh (i'm surprised) reversed + on (acceptable)
13 birds is the defn (childish version)
3 letter liquid, then ie inside ss (steamship/vessel)
20 moth is the defn
N for new + 3 letter month + 2 letter synonym/symbol for gold reversed
40 last letter is wrong ...defn is a synonym for lounge about

16.Incubi - hidden in clue
Danny, only a few hours have passed...
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Got the quotation and will be back for verification of my final answers! Thanks, all!
Thanks, Matakari. Glad we helped with that latest batch. I don't know about 'verification', is there anything left?!

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