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doctordolittle | 17:29 Sun 15th Jun 2014 | Crosswords
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Take in fashion, not very mischievous (7) r_g_i_h i guess is roguish but unclear why

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Vogueish minus v + r
Voguish even
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that makes a bit more sense!!

ok, how about this one? swift old fashioned fizzy drink at home _odain, is it sodain and if so is it some kind of swift?
Sodain is an old word for sudden
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Nice

This leaves me two:

Result of boring time occupied by university, hard in part (9) AU_ER_R_ _
Foil number of ships trapping last pair in aharbour (7) _I__RET
12. Foil... Fleuret. ( a fencing foil)
...it's 'number of ships' - fleet, with the 'ur' coming from the last pair (of letters) in 'harbour.
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Auger hole - very good. Means I have one wrong, making the answer to my other remaining clue

Foil number of ships trapping last pair in aharbour (7)_ _E_RET
^^ look up
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You beat me to it.

SOo

Last one as auger hole messed up an answer: Lout upset with stuff in post BOL_A_D must surely be bollard but why? I think bord is an iriush word meaing a lout but can't find it online
Lob is a lout ('upset' makes him 'bol'), lard could (maybe) mean stuff -
Bol lard.
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Merriam Webster:

Lard (verb):
(Cookery) to prepare (lean meat, poultry, etc) by inserting small strips of bacon or fat before cooking
to add extra material to (speech or writing); embellish
to supplement or enrich with something for improvement or ornamentation: a literary work larded with allusions.

All could mean stuff. Good enough for me. Thanks for your help, Scorpiojo!!

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