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gretta | 01:02 Mon 04th Mar 2013 | Crosswords
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17d Swallow, initially, a spot of outrageously used flattery (4,4)

For 16d -- A leader in fashion, elegant and wealthy (8) - I have affluent, which creates a strange situation for 24 across. Is affluent correct?
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17d Soft soap (flattery) - 's(wallow)' + anag 'a spot of' 16d Yes, 'Affluent' - 'a' + 'f(ashion)' + 'fluent'
01:04 Mon 04th Mar 2013
17d soft soap
17d Soft soap (flattery) - 's(wallow)' + anag 'a spot of'
16d Yes, 'Affluent' - 'a' + 'f(ashion)' + 'fluent'
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Thanks, but can you parse it? I do not see it
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Thanks
that leaves me with a word that begins e-
e-boat is a vessel, but cannot see how it connects to stole aboard
what is the full clue? boa could be the stole
24a Stole aboard alien vessel (1-4)

E-boat - 'boa' (stole; clothing, in) 'ET' (film)
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Stole aboard alien vessel
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Thanks Oldred and lie-in-king!
That was my last one

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