Explanation for Potpourri 17

Explanation for Potpourri 17

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W5. Artist visits bank when 100-1 horse wins?

Artist = RA

Bank = rely

Rarely fits the definition of when a 100-1 horse wins.

X5. Turn up if general networker?

IF turned up gives us FI

Sherman was a general in the American Civil War

Fisherman is a networker ( one who works with nets )

Y5. It hurts to split couple getting excited

It hurts = ow (exclamation when one gets hurt)

Couple = wed

OW splits WED to give us WOWED which is excited

Z5. Film family, hearing notices, fusses about run

Notices = marks

Marks sounds like MARX

Fusses = bothers

Run = r

Bothers about R gives us Brothers

Marx Brothers were a film family

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