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08012006 | 06:50 Thu 12th Feb 2009 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Answer to 6d "Symbol of authority namely transforming Peter" is SCEPTRE. Can you please explain why SC relates to "namely", as "transforming Peter" is EPTRE. Thanks
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It's an anagram of Peter - 'Transforming Peter'
Sorry just re-read your question. :-/
Latin sc or scil means namely.
SC is the abbreviation of scilicet - namely
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Thanks; scilicet is a new one to me
It came up on the Telegraph only a couple of weeks ago:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puz zles/Crosswords/Question699525.html

Funny how some words come up in puzzles so close together. By the time it comes up again, most of us will probably have forgotten it!!

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