Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 1293, 2Dn

[jim360]

2d Getting on with British in cause of union disputes losing days (11)

Is it EMBARKATION or EMBARCATION? As far as I can tell, it could be either. (Demarcation or Demarkation are both variant spellings; just to really annoy me, the Google Chrome Spellchecker tells me that Embarkation and Demarcation are words, but not Embarcation and Demarkation ...)

[mac44]

I'd go with C.

[dannyk13]

Me too,
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/embarcation

[mac44]

Good morning Danny, horrible day here, drizzle and strong wind.

[dannyk13]

Good morning Mac. Started off like that here, but is now quite fine.

[jim360]

Not a promising sign when "Embarcation" is defined as "Embarkation" though, is it?

Either a dodgy clue or I'm looking at too many US Dictionaries.

[donny48]

Could someone parse this one for me, please ?

[murraymints]

morning Donny XX..OO..XX.. excuse Jim.. xx

[dannyk13]

Donny- Demarcation(Union dispute) minus d(day) + b(British)

[donny48]

Good morning Minty, XXOOXX.

[jim360]

It's B[ritish] in [d]emarcation, but demarcation can be also spelled demarkation apparently.

[jim360]

OK I'm going with the "C" -- at least partly because the interactive puzzle solve on the Times Website has a "show demarcation" option...

[mac44]

demarcation (union dispute), remove D (days), add B (British)

[donny48]

Thanks Danny, I was splitting the word up into pieces and did not spot the whole thing.