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34d Is that man in Cambodia a leader? (5) Answer is sheik (which is entered in the grid as shake - actually as S H A E with the K in the border) but how does the clue work please - i can see "he" for "that man" but the rest........?

Thanks for any explanation.

IS + HE + K


for Kampuchea

Cambodia (Listeni/kæmˈboʊdiə/;[8] Khmer: កម្ពុជា, Kampuchea,

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Thanks mamya though not too satisfactory for me (thinking Cambodia was KH)

K is alright for Cambodia, but there's no indication it's supposed to be an anagram. I don't understand this one, either (my last query on the puzzle). Can anyone offer a better axplanation (by all due respect for Mamya: after all, I'd come to that conclusion, too!)?

I'm completely stuck on 13 ac and 8d. Any hints appreciated.

I've pondered this too

According to dictionary

's'
1. contraction of is: She's here.

So clue would be

Is (S) Man (HE) in (I) Cambodia (KH)

It is clued as 5 letters because the homophone shake is 5 rather than the word sheikh.

Hi Tina

13a- definition is composer

Fair is a homophone for fare

8d is an old word for reduce to a fixed sum

Fee is charge in three letter abbr for African

This is then changed to a homophone when entered

DJA: K alone is perfectly correct for Cambodia (at least can be)
Even accepting your explanation of the S & N (true, they're both in Ch., I realize) I find the clue poor.
And above all the letters to be entered are an anagram of "sheik" : do we agree on that?
Confused & unsatisfied (not with you, of course, but with this part of the puzzle)!!!

Hi GK

I agree clue is not the best. I don't like all these contractions.

In my opinion it's a coincidence that sheik is there as a potential anagram. The reason I think that is that as it is entered as a homophone -shake (5) it would need to be a different letter count in the original form as all the other answers were- so in this case sheikh (6).

I think all of the other homophone clues had different letter counts?

You may be right there, DJA --- I didn't think of that factor! Thank you! (Not that it affects anything important anyway, of course!)
P.S. Hope you're feeling better now!