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Kirk Bevins
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Interesting remainder (4).

Its -e-t. Maybe rest or nett?? No idea. Suggestions with reasons please
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Kirk Bevins wrote:Interesting remainder (4).

Its -e-t. Maybe rest or nett?? No idea. Suggestions with reasons please
Nett sounds right - net interest.
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Or it might be "rest" because in the (inter) word "interesting" is the word "rest". I dunno.
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I prefer rest, parsing the clue as In "teresting": remainder
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The answer they printed was: REST.
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