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Rodbur | 10:41 Fri 30th Dec 2005 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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If 59 across is Ringo Starr and 49 across is 'malleable', and 66 across is 'truly', what on earth is 38 down? The only relevant word I can find is 'aspergill', but that doesn't fit with other words.
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49 across is tractable
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Thanks for that. Still stuck on 38 down though.
38d is Aspersory
38 d answer is Aspersory
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Thanks eaglechris and pega: you must have Catholic dictionaries! Couldn't find 'aspersory' in Encarta or Cambridge or Encyclopedia Britannica.
Rodbur, Aspersory in the religeous sense is a bit archaic these days, so a lot of the more common dictionaries tend not to include it in their listings, it was a pig to find on the web.
Agree not in all dictionaries, had a look at my Cassell Dictionary its in there not checked the others, when I did this crossword and saw the clue throught of Asperges which is holy water sprinkling, so got the word then - the word you had aspergill is the brush used in this rite, and Latin helped me aspergo... good luck

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