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Times Jumbo Cryptic 1269
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Grateful for further help with this ghastly puzzle please.
13ac: "Old bits of outside broadcast I watch, rewinding (5)." I have O---I.
17ac: "Stopped wife leaving with a Brazilian? (4)." I have A-E-.
2dn: "He died amid loud cries for protection from blunders on the road (3,4)." I have R--, -A-S.
13ac: "Old bits of outside broadcast I watch, rewinding (5)." I have O---I.
17ac: "Stopped wife leaving with a Brazilian? (4)." I have A-E-.
2dn: "He died amid loud cries for protection from blunders on the road (3,4)." I have R--, -A-S.
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13a Oboli (old bits; coins) - 'O(utside) B(roadcast)' + 'I lo (watch)' (back) 17a (w)Axed - 'w(ife)' leaving 2d Roo bars - 'ob(iit)' (he died, in) 'roars'
16:07 Sun 04th Jun 2017