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| 1. A cat might produce these howls when picked up by the ears |
| 1. | Very good disguise in a super smooth surface |
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| 2. A Lewis could come from ——— , I fabcy |
| 1. | spelling | | 2. | Real shame about the typo | | 3. | I had no idea that Lewis was a common surname in Wales. | | 4. | Check spelling before entering! Or after! | | 5. | Ublucky (sic), otherwise a good idea. | | 6. | fabcy? |
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| 3. Animals caught with a lasso primarily are in France or another country |
| 1. | I would find this very hard in a puzzle because it has two sets of wordplay. |
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| 6. Country and western society drinking beer |
| 1. | Very nice, but too similar to a clue I've seen before. | | 2. | Quite pleasing. A good clue. |
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| 8. Country mourns as we hear (5) |
| 1. | 'as we hear' sound a bit unnatural |
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| 10. Country rabbits away after twice dismissing suggestion of Fiver |
| 1. | Surface doesn't make much sense |
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| 11. Country song intro is by "Bad" rapper |
| 1. | Rather too obscure music reference! From a gold selling album I see, but wasn’t chart hit. |
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| 13. Country with troubles, reportedly |
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| 15. Directions about a large country (5) |
| 1. | About doesn't seem quite the right preposition |
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| 17. Former Polish leader without a country |
| 1. | Best of the Walesa clues |
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| 21. Initially, where all leeks embody symbolism? |
| 1. | Good clue and points here. Where are leeks embodying symbols? |
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| 22. It was inhabited by Celts essentially, then occupied by English |
| 1. | Pretty strong. Points here. | | 2. | Points for a very nice clue, just a pity that 'essentially' had to be used. |
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| 24. Last of cole slaw salad to which William is entitled ? |
| 1. | coleslaw more commonly one word, the salad feels superfluous in the surface. |
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| 27. Marks on skin and cries out to audience |
| 1. | Surface is grammatically suspect |
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| 29. Part of dense lawn turned into just the place for daffodils |
| 1. | This is just so clever. Points here. |
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| 30. Part of UK used to be occupied by the French (5) |
| 1. | This looks somehow familiar…. |
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| 34. Primarily where a lumberjack extracts Snowdonia's timbers |
| 1. | Wales is the ONLY place for Snowdonian timber, so 'primarily' doesn't work in the surface. |
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| 35. Primarily, where are literary eisteddfods staged? |
| 1. | Primarily is too obvious an indicator for an acrostic. |
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| 36. Renewal estimates include extra planks for hull of USS Constitution? |
| 1. | It's a bit unfair for the clue to need obscure general knowledge! |
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| 37. Shady spot to cycle in country |
| 1. | Hmm not sure you can cycle in a 'spot' |
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| 43. Unit of land area with a large margin for error — a little silly |
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| 44. Various laws covering start of Eisteddfod seen in here? |
| 1. | Not sure the 'seen in' is needed |
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| 45. Wales can be a shady place |
| 1. | LOL is this a new device? | | 2. | Why give the answer at the start of the clue? – not quite how these things are meant to work | | 3. | This leads to Swale and not Wales. Further, the solution is in the clue |
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| 47. What leeks sometimes signify |
| 1. | Lovely. Don’t mind that sometimes is a bit vague. | | 2. | I trust that this is up there. This surely is the winner! | | 3. | "regularly" would suit far better than "sometimes". | | 4. | Not sure about 'sometimes' – 'oddly' might have been better? |
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| 48. Where additional Ls embellish some words' beginnings |
| 1. | Winning acronym, lovely even surface. | | 2. | Very original, I like this |
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| 52. Where you’d find Barry White at lunchtime eating some starters |
| 1. | Best of the Barry clues | | 2. | Gusset dampeningly funny, got to get a mention for such a 'walrus'! |
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