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Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 961 Saturday January 14th 2012

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Julest1 | 13:00 Sun 15th Jan 2012 | Crosswords
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30a Maybe Greek course in school's capital (10)
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HIPPODROME
hippodrome
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Thanks Baldric. I can see the capital ROME but please parse the rest?
In ancient Greece a course for chariot or horse racing
A group of hippopotami is called a school.
A hippodrome was an ancient Greek race track/race course.
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and school? - where does the HIPPOD come from in wordplay?
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aaah thanks bookbinder. Never know that.
Glad I could help.
Pod is another word for a school of marine animals, therefore in school is "hip pod"

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