Re: OnT: Grey Matter Exercise

2023-06-27 Thread Alan C
Ek sȇ! Alan C On 27-Jun-23 12:03 PM, Bob W PDML wrote: Only in the easy newspapers… :0) On 27 Jun 2023, at 11:33, Alan C wrote: Because the ? indicate that Gegs is a scrambled version of a word in the answer. https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5498/gegs-9-4-a-british-cryptic

Re: OnT: Grey Matter Exercise

2023-06-27 Thread Bob W PDML
Only in the easy newspapers… :0) > On 27 Jun 2023, at 11:33, Alan C wrote: > > Because the ? indicate that Gegs is a scrambled version of a word in the > answer. > > https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5498/gegs-9-4-a-british-cryptic-crossword-clue > > Alan C > > >> On 27-Jun-2

Re: OnT: Grey Matter Exercise

2023-06-27 Thread Alan C
Because the ? indicate that Gegs is a  scrambled version of a word in the answer. https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5498/gegs-9-4-a-british-cryptic-crossword-clue Alan C On 27-Jun-23 10:10 AM, Bob W PDML wrote: Why? On 27 Jun 2023, at 08:33, mike wilson wrote: Shouldn't the f

Re: OnT: Grey Matter Exercise

2023-06-27 Thread Bob W PDML
Why? > On 27 Jun 2023, at 08:33, mike wilson wrote: > > Shouldn't the first one have a question mark after it? > >> On 25/06/2023 19:50 Bob W PDML wrote: >> >> >> Too easy. >> >> I have two favourite cryptic crossword clues, neither is difficult, but I >> like them. >> >> One that my ho

Re: OnT: Grey Matter Exercise

2023-06-27 Thread Alan C
Indeed it should! Alan C On 27-Jun-23 08:33 AM, mike wilson wrote: Shouldn't the first one have a question mark after it? On 25/06/2023 19:50 Bob W PDML wrote: Too easy. I have two favourite cryptic crossword clues, neither is difficult, but I like them. One that my housemaster told

Re: OnT: Grey Matter Exercise

2023-06-26 Thread mike wilson
Shouldn't the first one have a question mark after it? > On 25/06/2023 19:50 Bob W PDML wrote: > > > Too easy. > > I have two favourite cryptic crossword clues, neither is difficult, but I > like them. > > One that my housemaster told me when I was about 12 and he was explaining > what cr

Re: OnT: Grey Matter Exercise

2023-06-25 Thread Alan C
I had a feeling you wold be first! Alan C On 25-Jun-23 08:43 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: Cormorant … Sent from my iPad On Jun 25, 2023, at 6:17 PM, Alan C wrote: Crossword clue: Large diving bird from cold, wild moor and tarn. (9). Alan C -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscr

Re: OnT: Grey Matter Exercise

2023-06-25 Thread Bob W PDML
Too easy. I have two favourite cryptic crossword clues, neither is difficult, but I like them. One that my housemaster told me when I was about 12 and he was explaining what cryptic crosswords are: Gegs (9, 4) And another which I saw on a book cover: Two girls, one on each knee (7) > On

Re: OnT: Grey Matter Exercise

2023-06-25 Thread Stan Halpin
Cormorant … Sent from my iPad > On Jun 25, 2023, at 6:17 PM, Alan C wrote: > > Crossword clue: > > Large diving bird from cold, wild moor and tarn. (9). > > Alan C > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PD