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19 down From soak, pungent-leaved plant's emerged in nursery. -R-C-E
I've seen the two plausible answers but to decide between them I need to have the whole clue explained 'cos it's beyond me. Please?
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I'll go along with Netkey. And if that's not the explanation and the answer, well, it deserves to be! Gen2 and I seem to have been led halfway up the garden (nursery garden....?) path towards "orache" as a possible alternative but are now confident with "creche".
Grudging credit to Enigmatist for a real puzzler and for the pretty play with his aitches.
I'll go along with Netkey. And if that's not the explanation and the answer, well, it deserves to be! Gen2 and I seem to have been led halfway up the garden (nursery garden....?) path towards "orache" as a possible alternative but are now confident with "creche".
Grudging credit to Enigmatist for a real puzzler and for the pretty play with his aitches.
Not sure that I go along with the congratulations bit - when the cryptic part of the clues are so obscure it just reduces it to a glorified "Quick Crossword". Surely when you've got the correct answer it should be fairly obvious that you've done so? I still don't get the cryptic part of many of them eg GOSSAMER, HIFI etc; and "BR" as an abbreviation of bedroom!