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[woofas]

21d Something of considerable dimensions (5) s-z-r. I thought super but 25a must be abuzz. Help!

[Rollo]

Sizer

[woofas]

Surely the word sizer relates to specific dimensions, not "considerable" which suggests very large?

[Lie-in King]

Chambers has -

"...a thing of considerable or great size (slang)"

[Rollo]

sizer n a measurer; a gauge; a thing of considerable or great size .

Take it or leave it. Your choice.

[woofas]

Thanks. Looks like I should get a Chambers rather than my Oxford dictionary if I want to do this puzzle in future.

[dwil]

Chambers is nearly always the one recommended by setters

[sincnoel]

to which one must ask ... why? after all, the oxford is the bible of our language

[Prescott]

I entirely agree sincnoel.

I get fed up with being told that I have to look in chambers or Webster-meridian, when the OED is the ultimate dictionary.