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yellow11 | 17:24 Sat 07th Jun 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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half way-need some help please
9a went back,turning over base before eight,say 7
R?N????
10a one trapped in fissure by a crossing point 7
??I????
11a cheat breaking even in French Republic5 E?Y??
21a block evidence of killing,meeting threat of capture 4-5
B?D?-??E?? body?
25a after return of satellite linksbroadcast material 7 ??????N
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9a reneged ?
10a chiasma
21a body check ???
25a oilskin
I confess that some of these will need a better brain than mine to explain...

9a Reneged - 'base' = (turning) degener(ate - eight) (?)
10a Ch-i-asm-a
11a E-gyp-t - 'gyp' = cheat, but I can't see the 'E & T' (?)
21a Body check - 'body' = 'evidence...' + 'check' (chess)
25a Oi-lskin - (back) Io (satellite of Jupiter) + anag 'links'
Thanks for the explanations, Lie-in-king.
I just put what looks right and hope for the best.......
Hi ladyalex - do you see 9a & 11a? For that matter, I'm not happy with the clue for 8d either!

Stares at grid & wishes for something stronger than tea...
Lie-in King , you have explained yourself "degenerate turned minus eight say" .
Thanks for the fillip swannbaker, but I'm not convinced that the wordplay works in this & a couple of the other clues (?)

Ah well...
I agree, LIK, that some of the clues are v. obtuse this week.

For 8d the only justification I could make is
go=try
"any" chopped = "an"
vegetables=peas
then round
peas an try
Oh, and I forgot to say, a dry martini helps!
9 a is ok . You need to turn over that part of degenerate BEFORE you get to "ate"
11 a To the extent that even can be used as a conjunction meaning "and" as in "even as I speak" provides ET .
Thanks again to swannbaker & also to writesbad - I do get the explanations, but I don't have to like 'em!

Muttering..."Stupid clues...dry Martini - hah!, chance'd be a fine thing...kill for a sniff of the barmaid's apron...mmm, alcohol...dribble, drool..."

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