Today's clue:
One who ruins city of Paris surrounded by a variety of reeds (9) Its solution: DESTROYER If you have not decoded how this solution came about here is a (bit time-consuming) way: Read Agatha Christie's Lord Edgware Dies. Here is the page with the list of solvers.
One who ruins city of Paris surrounded by a variety of reeds (9) Its solution: DESTROYER If you have not decoded how this solution came about here is a (bit time-consuming) way: Read Agatha Christie's Lord Edgware Dies. Here is the page with the list of solvers.
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*Paris* , also known as Alexander, the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of *Troy* , appears in a number of Greek legends. Of these appearances, probably the best known was the elopement with *Helen* , queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the *Trojan War.*
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_One who ruins city of Paris surrounded by a variety of reeds (9)_
_city of Paris_
= *troy*
_variety of reeds_
= *reeds ---> deser*
_City of Paris surrounded by a variety of reeds_
= *troy* _surrounded by_ *deser*
= *des(troy)er*
= *DESTROYER*
_One who ruins_
= *DESTROYER*
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*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."*
_Speaker: J. Robert Oppenheimer_
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the *Bhagavad Gita;* Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, *"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."* I suppose we all thought that, one way or another."
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In naval terminology, a *destroyer* is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warshipintended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers
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