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Bernanke n emergency rescue of a bank (That'sfive bernankes we've managed so far this month) Silverman n someone who has become wealthy from literary competitions John O'Byrne Forsyth n a landmark of such antiquity that the planners don't dare touch it (It's an eyesore anda health hazard, but to the locals it's a much-lovedforsyth) Cowell v to use excessive firepower against the easiest of targets, to attack with disproportionate force (He cowelled the pensioner into handing over her purse) Keith Norman Rowan n a verbal clarification that leaves us more perplexed than before Barbara Smoker Fayed n an inappropriately completed passport application form J Seery Murdoch n powerful all-devouring god. see Moloch (var) G M Davis Ming v to go beyond your sell-by date Harry Glenister Sewell v to speak with excessive clarity of diction Sid Field Sarkozy n a midlife crisis Liam Kenson Burrell v to remove something from one's employer Nicholas Hodgson Rowling adj colloq extremely wealthy (She's rowling, innit?) David Silverman Winehouse n hairdo completed while under the influence Bill Greenwell Bragg n dial sturdy outcrop of rock in the middle of a great wen (Cumbria) Adrian Fry Clarkson n huge male following (How big is your clarkson?) Josh Ekroy Henman v to fail again - and fail better Tony Challis Prescott n a collection of unrelated words Michael Sanderson No 4025 A private affair Set by Leonora Casement Campaigning in north London following revelations that he had fathered five children with three different women, Ken Livingstone said: Voters are not interested in who I slept with 3 o years ago... it's only the media that is interested in my private life.
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All in a Name No 4022
Set by Leonora Casement
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