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tedsgran | 13:33 Sat 31st Jul 2021 | Crosswords
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Clues to the ten 5 letter entries are of 2 sorts:
1. half contain a misprint
2. half contain a letter string to be removed before solving

33a Portraits of ancestors - series unveiled in Upper House? (5) ?E??E
36a Dressed like Shakespeare's Caesar, ultimately best in setting the standard (5)
30d Leaves thanks, cursed by anonymous afterthought (5) ???PS
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36 Ultimately = last letters (though remembering a 'misprint'). It's an odd-looking word but in Chambers, it's the usual outfit for Caesar.
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drat! i thought of that but thought it was a 6 letter word and didn't check....where does the O come from?
33 AERIR
30d ATAPS
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...i see it now!
...sorry - AERIE
33 - remove the end of 'port[raits]' ('port' gives the left side of A[ncestors] before 'sERIEs').
30d has a misprint - the first letter in 'cursed'
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Thank you Prof maisie

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