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Daily Mail Prize Crossword Tuesday June 19th 2012

Canalcaholic | 14:34 Tue 19th Jun 2012 | Crosswords

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Stuck on last one - it's probably obvious, but....

17a What machine guns do, seconds after bombs (6) -T_A_E

Is it strafe?? If so, I can see the machine gun bit, but bombs?

Thanks in advance

Daily Mail Prize Crossword

daily mail tues

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HowardKennitby

anagram of S + AFTER

dannyk13

S= second
trafe = after in reverse

THEMOTLEY1

Yes, it can refer to gun fire or bombs

dannyk13

Ignore my post

Canalcaholic

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Many thanks

bookbinder

THEMOTLEY1 is correct. Strafing can be done with bombs as well as machine guns.
http://oxforddictiona...com/definition/strafe
In this instance, however, I think that the clue uses 'bombs' in the sense of 'fails, does not succeed', which indicates that the 'after' part should be rearranged. This would give S + TRAFE.

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