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BIll | 08:11 Fri 22nd Sep 2023 | Crosswords
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I fairly romped throught this but have fallen at the last two (intersecting) hurdles, namely:

5a Groom hero to cut his centrepiece in wood (6). I have ?O???T

7d Missing the ending can upset a poet (5). I have ??I?T. Eliot? Odist?

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Toilet, drop the last T, missing the ending, upset = reverse, so Eliot.

... and Toilet came from 'can'.

7   Eliot  rev is toile(t)

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Silly me! And even more so as I now recall that clue from years ago in The Times I think. Many thanks

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I now have ?O?E?T for 5a, which I had supposed, and still can't see the solution. FOREST? Please make me kick myself again.

All I can get as well, can't work it out though.

cant see the wood for the trees eh?

I was trying to justify FORE(MO)ST but cant

for(r)est gump by Groom

Well done Bobb.

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Aha! Thanks.

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I've also just noticed that I queried my own solution to 22a Irritable character a mole put up with (5). Initiallly I considered RASPY as it contained SPY but 24a gave R?T?Y so RATTY but how does it parse?

Characters in "Toad of Toad Hall"

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Of course! Many thanks.

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