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carpsey1 | 15:30 Thu 09th Oct 2014 | Crosswords
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13A. In bare-knuckle era, a prize fight, typically illegal and staged at a remote venue. ( 4 ) I have - i - l.
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That's a MILL. You'd find it used in the dialogue in Georgette Heyer's Regency romances, and in Tom Brown's Schooldays.
Mill is a (dated slang) term for a boxing match, according to Chambers

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