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Ev 1811 - Parsing For Last Answer Please

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JJ109 | 14:12 Mon 09th Oct 2023 | Crosswords
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37a Discretion ignoring stare at beginning, accepted official proceedings (4) A?TA

I think this is ACTA (official proceedings)

Tact = discretion + a(ccepted) = Tacta

Now there is a special instruction and there is a surplus letter that has to be removed from the clue before solving. In this clue that is the letter "S"

Therefore is the abbreviation for (s)Tare the letter "T" which can then be removed from Tacta giving acta?

Unfortunately I can only find the abbreviation TW for tare weight, rather than just tare itself!

Many thanks

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Hi again, JJ, when I ploughed through Gut in Chambers... there was 'lane'.
14:18 Mon 09th Oct 2023
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oops another to parse!

16a Pierce, missing Catholic's gout (4) LA?E

The letter to be removed is the O in gout, leaving GUT

Lance (pierce) - C(atholic) = Lane but........gut???? 

Yes, T for Tare is inChambers.

Hi again, JJ, when I ploughed through Gut in Chambers... there was 'lane'.

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Thanks NAC!

Glad I could help, JJ.

 

PS My 'ploughing' was done yesterday, I hadn't know lane/gut.

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Thanks NAC, with all the others on Sunday, I usually leave the EV until Monday. I enjoyed this one, tough but not impossible, and I had sussed the theme very early. Waiting for Matakari's question to appear! 

Thanks, JJ. Matakari's away for a while, he told me (personally) on the Genius thread. I was relieved, for his sake - this EV has letters to be removed and also letters generated by wordplay... he's a fan of neither!

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