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jaklyn | 21:07 Mon 19th Oct 2009 | Crosswords
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Spea\k harshly about old hooligan getting bad deal
I always feel if I cannot get it I must have gone wrong but I just cannot see where
Y???N?O?G?
I've got happy as a sandboy
poignant
boom and bust
fall guy
Didn't start until today Monday and it is the fiendish setter but too busy at the weekend.
All help gratefully received
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YARBOROUGH (bad deal in cards)

speak harshly = bray, about = yarb
old = o
hooligan = rough

yarb o rough
Yarborough ?

Bray (reversed) + o(ld) + rough
Hmmm ... too slow on the deal there!! :O(
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You can tell I am not a card player but I'll know in future. Many thanks!

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