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My English tutor always said that, when in doubt, to go for two shorter sentences. Might not be the best way to create literature, but is always a good tip when writing manuals or documentation.
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I would simplify it further:-
"Only users who start streaming inside peak hours will be affected".
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Or better:
Users streaming during peak hours may receive a modified master playlist.
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"the peak hours" is awkward -- normally, the phrase is without "the", as in "during peak hours"
"and they will thus not be affected" => remove it entirely. "will get the unmodified master playlist" is sufficient. Or: "will not be affected and will get the unmodified master playlist."
"will get the" => "will receive". "Get" is sort of low class and probably lacking descriptiveness.
"will get the the unmodified" => I'm assuming the second "the" was a typo?
Consider reversing the logic of the sentence:
"Users who start streaming during peak hours will receive a modified playlist. Users who start streaming just before peak hours are unaffected."
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Wowzerz! Thanx! I think I owe you a ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) !
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And while we are at it, we could replasse all the 'will's with 'shall', thus making it clear that there shall be no discussions about this. 
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megaadam wrote: Users who start streaming during the peak hours will be affected. Users who start streaming just before the peak hours will get the the unmodified master playlist and they will thus not be affected.
You have two 'the's in that sentence 
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I do not! I never never repeat myself.
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Bless you, bless you, bless you for using "affected" instead of the abomination that is "impacted."
Wisdom teeth are sometimes "impacted." Otherwise that word should rarely be used
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In my opinion, "get" can always be replaced by a better word!
I use "get" way too much in my own speech; I try to never use it in a document.
You get understand my point?
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Users who initiate streaming during peak hours will be affected. Users who initiate streaming before peak hours will not be affected, and acquire the unmodified master playlist.
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Sounds like a bathroom break. Muzak playlist?
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Enemy loses a penny and returns to pub for Mikes celebration (11)
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Clever! 
I've done it this week though, so let's give another the chance.
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Yeah just realised I didn't really link the two parts of the clue together properly though - will wait a bit before tweaking it.
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I thought it linked pretty well - clear, and fairly easy IMHO.
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That was the idea - I think it's obvious I came up with it last minute like
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Well, now you mention it... 
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*cries*
Ok we have a point here where my english is not good enough, I can't solve that.
When whatever-the-clou-is has been revealed, someone explain me please 
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You can see the answer below now.
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thanks! 
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I think it's ANNIVERSARY - enemy = adversary - a penny = VERSARY, pub = inn returning as NNI. I'm not entirely sure where the A comes from, though (that might be the awaited tweak).
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You're correct. You didn't need to get rid of the 'a'
Enemy - Adversary
loses penny - d - Aversary
pub returns - inn - nni
Anniversary
The awaited tweak was I didn't explicitly say the 'nni' goes in the 'Aversary' - but don't think it mattered.
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