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[woodhamgirl]

Can anyone pls help with these:
15a person who gives a critical interpretation of a text - is it etagere?
30a dry one-seeded fruit of the daisy -y-s---
36a member of an ascetic sect flourishing in palestine around the time of christ e-s---
38a site of the battle of hastings -e-l-a-i--
31d to be so descended is to have direct descent from an ancestor ----a-l-
35d language belonging to the west slavonic branch of the indo european family p---s-

Thanks to any brainboxes out there.
Does anyone agree with me that this week's crossword was one of the most difficult theyve done?

[gina32]

exegete
cypsela
essene
senlachill
lineally
polish

[gina32]

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HERES THE ANSWERS

[woodhamgirl]

thanks gina32 for such a speedy reply.

[jodder]

Gina 32 Are those answers correct? I thought it was Matabeleland not Metabeleland?

[gina32]

as far as i know they are correct, just googled it and its right

[hammersboy]

New to this site but long time mos prize crossword fan. Don't know answer to matabeleland vs metebeleland debate but google finds 79 results for mEtabeleland and 222,000 results for mAtabeleland.