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mightymouse | 13:47 Sun 27th Jan 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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6a One whose business might be slack in part (4,8) Is it WOOL or COAL MERCHANT?
16a Scathing about magistrate avoiding extremes. Is it
CAUSTIC?
37d Rugby club ultimately wanting someone to represent the country. Is it RUSSIA? Why??

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16a Caustic......Ca (about) + (j) USTIC (e)
6a I went with coal merchant - slack/coal dross
37d I had - Ru-stic(k)
I think 37d might be rustic - R.U. + stic(k)
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Many thanks, RUSTIC seems to make sense.

By the way, 12d...Food - main course...is it TACK?
Tack

food generally, fare, especially of the bread kind, such as hard tack (ship�s biscuit), soft tack (loaves).

Main = sea

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