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Detailing the anti-Semitic slur about proverbial saver (1,6,2,4)

Ross

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a stitch in time

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'proverbial saver' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for a stitch in time that I've seen before include "prompt repair" , "Something that proverbially saves nine" , "Nine saver?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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