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Gavmacp | 13:00 Sun 18th Jan 2015 | Crosswords
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Well for the first time I completed this before going to bed.
Please explain the following..
12a For this one needs right type of oven (5) Answer (I think) Roast
16a Certainly at home, everyone's against discipline at school (2,3,10) Answer In all conscience
2d Steps taken to control a star (5,4) Answer Bossa nova
4d Scary place sought, to include a hospital by river? (7,5) Answer Haunted house (I get most of this but not all of it)
15d Without equal, nothing contains cricket side on level above English (9) Answer Nonpareil
17d Omitted the French female solicitor (4,3) Answer left out
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Right-R
type of oven-oast
12 r(ight) oast (oven)
2 boss (control) a nova (star)
16 in (at home) all (everyone) con (against) science (a discipline)
at home,- in
everyone's- all
against -con
discipline at school - science
17 Le (the) f(emale) tout (solicitor)
Hunted - sought
H(ospital)
Ouse - river
^ + a

17, Le (f) tout
tout = solicit
H(a)unted
H- hospital
Ouse -river
Roast - 'r(ight)' + 'oast' (oven)
In all conscience - 'in' (at home) + 'all' (everyone) + 'con' (against) + 'science'
Boss-a nova - a dance, so "steps taken"
Haunted house - 'a' (in) 'hunted' (sought) + 'h(ospital)' + 'Ouse' (river)
Nonpareil - 'nil' (nothing, contains) 'on' (cricket side) + 'par' (level) + 'E(nglish)'
Left out - 'le' (Fr. "the") + 'f(emale)' + 'tout' (solicitor)
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