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Kevin Steede got his second win yesterday. Can he keep up his winning streak today with a third?

Join James for the recap later.

A flowery 8 is available in the LIGATES/LEGATES/(wealiest) round.

UNATONED in R13

Tony Atkins wrote:A flowery 8 is available in the LIGATES/LEGATES/(wealiest) round.

Yup, the very nice WEIGELAS.

PURSUIT in round 1 and ENCHAIN in round 12.

Demasted in the maddest round.

Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:Demasted in the maddest round.

Not even demast there........., sorry.

Interestingly, it says OEDEMA can be pluralised, but the definition here doesn't seem to suggest it, unless I'm missing something............: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defin ... ish/oedema

James Robinson wrote:Interestingly, it says OEDEMA can be pluralised, but the definition here doesn't seem to suggest it, unless I'm missing something............: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defin ... ish/oedema

I think this is a weird historical one. OEDEMA is a generalised term for fluid retention within body cavities where it shouldn't be and under that definition it's a mass noun for sure, it's a condition. Trouble is that it used to be called DROPSY and DROPSY has a specifically-defined plural (DROPSIES, funnily enough) in the dictionary, so I reckon that's where that's coming from.

James Robinson wrote:

Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:Demasted in the maddest round.

Not even demast there........., sorry.

Interestingly, it says OEDEMA can be pluralised, but the definition here doesn't seem to suggest it, unless I'm missing something............: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defin ... ish/oedema

When you say it can be pluralised, do you mean it finds the entry if you search for the plural? I think Jono might have something to say about that. Having said that, DROPSIES is explicitly given (as Jim says), and also OEDEMAS is also valid on Apterous.