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claret&blue | 17:03 Sun 27th Aug 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Measures not intended to be taken seriously (5,5)
?i?h?, ??r?e
Fairly sure the R in the second word is correct, although not 100%. LIGHT or RIGHT something?
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light metre???
As measures is plural, shouldn't the last letter in the second word end in an s
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Light verse.
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I cant really relate any of the answers to the clue.I have mistakenly omitted a ? from the end of the question.The second word does definitely end with an E.
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Where the R is in the second word the clue going across is as follows.
Main reason why skippers have to toss? (7,3)
??l?i?g ?e?
I assumed this answer to be ROLLING SEA which gives the R
measure
n the ascertainment of extent by comparison with a standard; a system of expressing the result of such ascertainment; the amount ascertained by comparison with a standard; that by which extent is ascertained or expressed; size; a standard or unit; a quantity by which another can be divided without remainder; an instrument for finding the extent of anything, esp a graduated rod or tape for length, or a vessel of known content for capacity; the quantity contained in a vessel of known capacity, formerly often a bushel; adequacy or due amount; some amount or degree, a portion; proportion; moderation; restraint; limit (); extent; that which is meted out to one, treatment; a means to an end; an enactment or bill; rhythm; a unit of verse, one foot or two feet; metre; strict time; a bar of music; a strain; a dance, esp a slow and stately one; the width of a page or column, usually in ems (); (in pl) a series of beds or strata ().
vt to ascertain or show the dimensions or amount of (often with out or up); to mark out or lay off (often with off or out); to be a unit of measurement of; to mete out or distribute (with out); to proportion; to pit; to traverse; to sing or utter in measure ().

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