Comments on: Independent 6524/Scorpion

By: davey b

davey b — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:03:33 +0000

ta(ipa)n:australian snake tan=brown ipa=india pale ale

vogue: french mag

barsac:bar=boozer sac sounds like sack (poured out=said)

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:26:05 +0000

This was hard, but I got there, I think. Re Conrad’s point at 2, that occurred to me but the “about” is being used twice, i.e. as CA and as a reversal indicator so there may be another reason. 18 PRUNES is also an &lit (and a good one). NOAH was good too and I did not appreciate its full richness till explained above.

By: Jos

Jos — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:41:24 +0000

Re 6d, my guess was sac = sack = bed, but nothing to base it on. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one flummoxed by some of it.

By: conradcork

conradcork — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:35:42 +0000

1 down. The abbreviation for drawer is dr, so about drawer is rd.

By: petebiddlecombe

petebiddlecombe — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:43:12 +0000

11: I’ve just realised that partner = (spo)use – so ‘retired’ means ‘absent’
15: Essen = the verb ‘to eat’ in German. Also features as part of Mittagessen.
18: start to produce = P, trots = runs, ‘finishing off plate’ = plate’s
final E.