Spectator 2062

[djawhufc]

Hi

Can I confirm final one

20a con fool in middle of duel

Unite

I assume there was a missing letter in definition

Thanks in advance


DJA

[kayakamina]

Yes Unite...NIT in middle of (d)UE(l)

No missing letter.

[kayakamina]

Apologies - there was i missing from COIN

[djawhufc]

Thanks K that's how I got there but i hadn't heard of coin as a definition of unite before.

Good puzzle I thought.

[bigbadmarty]

hi dja and congrats on getting to wembley
dUEl fool = NIT
con ... consolidate ?

[kayakamina]

Marty, this was a themed puzzle with several definitions lacking a letter.

The definition here was COIN and the word play was NIT (fool) in UE (the middle of duel ...UNITE an English coin.

The extra i formed part of the instruction to the theme.