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McGoohan
McGoohan
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So why is it 'sons'?

(I know nothing about doing cryptic crosswords and this might help explain why)
GregP
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Fond memories from those days - Bishan Bedi going back to the pavilion to change his turban. Ray East claiming a catch when the ball was nowhere near him. John Lever in his pomp.
becca7
becca7
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1:53pm, 10 Dec 2015
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McG - son is often simply "S", so sons gives "SS".
Nicholls595
Nicholls595
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Patsy Harris shouting "catch it!" every ball. Basher Hassan crouching at short leg and a youthful Derek Randall prowling in the covers.
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Merry Xmas and Happy New G(rrr)
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Merry Xmas and Happy New G(rrr)
What was the answer to the moneychanger clue on page 1 please?
McGoohan
McGoohan
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*From silly mid off*

Becca - So 'son' is crossword code for S?
McGoohan
McGoohan
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Cocaine, apparently. I don't get it either.
GregP
GregP
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Derek Randall. Crikey. Ray East was a kind of low-budget imitation version.

I con't get COCAINE either. Glenn seems to think this makes me deficient.
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Merry Xmas and Happy New G(rrr)
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Merry Xmas and Happy New G(rrr)
So Charlie is another word for cocaine. Chan's odd parts in short moneychanger? Oh, hang on is it something to do with Cain and money changing in the bible? I am soooo bad at crytic crozzies, but I love them!
becca7
becca7
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2:18pm, 10 Dec 2015
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Charlie Chan's odd parts in short moneymaker (7)

In a cryptic there is a literal part and a cryptic part. The literal part will normally be at the start or end of hte clue.

Here the literal part is Charlie, a word for cocaine.

The cryptic is made up as follows (as I parse it):

Chan's odd parts - we want the first and third letters. CA

A moneymaker could be a COINER, but it's a short coiner so we leave off the last letter, to give COINE

We put the odd parts CA into the short moneymaker to get CO(CA)INE

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