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CLOTHEAD | 16:11 Wed 24th Nov 2010 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Time these went in the recycling:

Lover boy and would be author's wings clipped : +E+U (something to do with Cupid?)

Split up in carriage : T+A+ (i can see TRAP for carriage but why split up?

Punctilious people stand ground after exercises : P+D+N+S

Enjoy hugging internation lifeguard for example : S+V+O+R. (I can make SAVIOUR of course but why??)

Event organiser's instinct in fiiascos one's once botched:
S+++E / ++ / +++A++++ (SENSE OF something?)

As per usual thanks in advance
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Punctilious people = pedants
Sense of Occasion
trap - split (part) upwards
Sav (i) our
Trap is part backwards i.e. split up
Trap is the reverseof part (split)
Pedants
Savour (enjoy) around I
Sense of occasion
SAVOUR with I in it
TRAP is PART up
1 Beau-------hidden in clue
saviour = savour (enjoy) around i (international)
Beau
1 BEAU = ...BE AUthor...
1 Beau (hidden in clue)
"...BE AU thor's..."
Trap - 'part' (split, up)
Pedants - anag 'stand' (after) PE (exercise)
Saviour - i(nternational) (in) 'savour' (enjoy)
Sense of occasion - anag 'fiascos ones once'
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