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[mrvertigo]

7d Polled! (8) P?R?O?E?
This last one is frustating me. I can think of parroted, pardoned, or purposed but I don't see how any of them work.

Many thanks

[jenniferd]

I sent in Parroted as a parrot is called Poll or Polly. That's my only reasoning.

[Quizmonkey]

Parroted - Poll or Polly = familar name for a parrot. Dreadful clue though, typical DT...

[crofter]

It's PARROTED - as in Poll(y) the Parrot

[crofter]

The verb "to poll" = "to parrot" = to repeat parrot-fashon

[Quizmonkey]

Chambers certainly doesn't support that definition, Crofter.

[mrvertigo]

Many thanks all.

I agree Quizmonkey - dreadful clue!

[crofter]

QM ... I was using an old version of Chambers (1989).
poll - v.t. and v.i. to parrot
parrot - v.t. to repeat by rote - v.i. to talk like a parrot

[Quizmonkey]

Interesting. Current Chambers just has the verb 'to poll-parrot'.

[crofter]

Quizmonkey I didn't make it as clear as I could have, but to get my earlier detailed response, I FIRST looked up poll - and got your definition.

I THEN looked up parrot as a separate exercise and merged both definitions to formulate my posting for AB (as above).