Jake’s Mini Cryptic #34

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• rjy 8:35 · 2024-02-27T04:32:51.362Z

  Fun one, Jake, thanks!

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  • Jake A constructor · 2024-02-27T12:23:51.580Z

    Thanks, rjy!

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• Oliver Hardy 6:44 · 2024-02-27T06:10:32.762Z

  Thanks! I didn't like 6A; is it actually a word without hyphenation? According to Miriam Webster the enumeration should be (1-2)

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  • Jake A constructor · 2024-02-27T12:26:42.469Z

    Thanks, Oliver! My dictionaries show it to be a word without hyphenation. This may be a situation of American English versus the King’s English.

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    • Oliver Hardy 6:44 · 2024-02-27T17:21:21.839Z

      Thank you for replying; the OED hyphenates it; Chambers does not but lists it as an abbreviation. From a personal viewpoint I dislike acronyms etc as solutions in cryptic crossword; I think this is the major failing of the Crosshare constructor.

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