These are two clues from an old Globe and Mail cryptic. I know the answers to both, but the answers don’t make any sense to me.
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Silly things but capital savers (5)
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GEESE
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Mimi’s was frozen on watch (6 4)
spoiler
MINUTE HAND
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Any ideas for either of these?
Thanks! Pretty sure it’s the story about saving Rome. (As for the spelling, capital seems to be the standard spelling for a capital city.)