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Minty looks so regal and important. I love that photo. I also love the gif of the cat/umbrella/dog rain drops. Your brain, and Rebecca's, surpass mine by gigawatts in figuring out answers to the crossword clues. I'm tapping out.

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A response from Rebecca's representative:

Dear Terry Freedman,

Rebecca is unable to comment on this post because her brain is entirely occupied with the crossword clue you have tasked her with solving.

She has commanded me to notify you of her intent to NOT resort to Google, although to be honest we all know that she'll cave before the weekend.

Signed,

A. Rebeccresentative (Ms)

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Pffft

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😉 (and I still haven’t got it)

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I can give you a pointer or two if you like. Nobody else seems to have cracked it either

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Yes please! Gimme! 🥺

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Grasping leg shown by sailor with sex appeal, you may be this! (7,2,1,3)

The exclamation mark suggests we're looking for a phrase or expression (cf pull the other one it's got bells on). And the phrase they're looking for is worked out by deciphering "grasping leg shown by sailor with sex apperal".

It helps if you know the crosswordese for sailor, and for sex appeal

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Thanks! I'd brainstormed some thoughts already - including four expressions meaning sailor and one for sex appeal - but I need to look at them more closely. So far I can't quite see what is probably looking me straight in the face! I'll get there - well, I hope I will!

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So that's what a "bob" was. I thought it was a nickname for the pound.

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The nickname for the pound is quid.

Examples:

I won a few bob on the horses.

I need to make a phone call. Lend us a quid.

Chortle.

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In the 1960s, here in Winnipeg, there was a local rock group called The Quid. They were obviously trying to pretend to be English...

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LOL. There was a duo over here in the 70s called Dollar -- clearly trying to pretend to be American!

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Jul 3Liked by Terry Freedman

Regarding your fabulous lead photo: Repurpose, reuse, recycle! There is still a lot of life in that gorgeous green-eyed creature. I think you should have a captioning challenge for your readers with that photo. So many possibilities. As far as why you get more women than men signing up for your courses, two possibilities occur: 1.) You are simply a chick magnet. 2.) Women are interested in learning and improving their writing. Men think they already know how to write and do not want to be told.

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1 and 2 aren't mutually exclusive - I'd say you've nailed the answer twice over, Sharron!

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😇

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Caption comp: Not a bad idea! I'll think on't. Thanks.

Chick magnet: I like to think so. Chortle.

I think #2 is, sadly, probably correct.

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Jul 3Liked by Terry Freedman

I am bringing your trash bin cat to my writing group to see what captions they can come up with. I’ll let you know if they create anything apt.

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wot writing group? Yes, do let me know! By the way, that "gorgeous creature" as you cawll her is now sleeping in the airing cupboard on top of a load of freshly laundered towels.

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Of course she is. She is not so dumb. Our cat Raymond always waits until the big bed is made up every morning, then he crawls in under the covers. Who wants to sleep in a messy bed? He is also known to sleep in the cubbies on the neatly folded towels ( My writing group is six older women, who meet twice a month on Zoom to share our work. We are all neighbors, but we are too lazy to change out of our pajamas, thus online...)

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I do love that photo of the four of you. We’re attracted to people (or pets) who look like us. Or we become more like those we spend time with. Whatever the case, it’s a lovely photo.

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'...we become more like those we spend time with'

That's so lovely, Beth!

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I dunno. I spend a lot of time with our cats, and I haven't... oh, hang on. I do climb on top of cupboards occasionally and walk over the kitchen worktops a lot.

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🤣

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🤣😏

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😃 Thanks for commenting, Beth. Yes, definitely a great pic!

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