The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

Speaking of crosswords... Another annoying clue. I hate getting the answer without fully understanding where it comes from. The answer was 'morris dancer' which was the 'traditional English performer' part, but what does that have to do with 'records main version with sitar in the end'?

Is it just an anagram of records main with the other r from the end of sitar?

 

[ColinJ]

Is it just an anagram of records main with the other r from the end of sitar?

Aaargh - how did I miss that?


Thanks!

 

[ColinJ]

Aaargh - how did I miss that?

Going to sleep at 05:30 probably doesn't help!

Right, I am off to hunt Metros.

 

[PaulSB]

Is it just an anagram of records main with the other r from the end of sitar?

Damn! Beat me to it.

 

[welsh dragon]

Wow, a local guy who is a keen photographer managed to get some decent ones of a beaver. I've occasionally seen one but never had a decent camera with me at the time.


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They want to release beavers along the river dovey only 4 or 5 miles away. The farmers are not happy bunnies

 

[welsh dragon]

My new old singer zig zag machine has arrived. So excited. Its really cleanand tidy and sounds lovely. 😍

 

[ColinJ]

Damn! Beat me to it.

Any ideas about the one I asked about yesterday?

Can somebody please put me out of my misery!

I have just solved the last clue in a cryptic crossword. I checked the answer and it is correct, but I can't quite see how it works.

Clue: See box presented to the Queen (7)

Answer: Chester

I worked out that 'box' was 'chest' , 'presented to' meant preceding, and 'Queen' was 'ER' . Put together for Chester, but... WHY?

 

[ColinJ]

Apparently, there is an American singer named Chester See, but that won't be the connection!

 

[classic33]

Can somebody please put me out of my misery!

I have just solved the last clue in a cryptic crossword. I checked the answer and it is correct, but I can't quite see how it works.

Clue: See box presented to the Queen (7)

Answer: Chester

I worked out that 'box' was 'chest' , 'presented to' meant preceding, and 'Queen' was 'ER' . Put together for Chester, but... WHY?

Chest to ER(Elizabeth Regina)?

 

[numbnuts]

They want to release beavers along the river dovey only 4 or 5 miles away. The farmers are not happy bunnies

Beaver curry is nice, bit like chicken, but a little otter

 

[welsh dragon]

Beaver curry is nice, bit like chicken, but a little otter

Oh god.

 

[ColinJ]

Chest to ER(Elizabeth Regina)?

Read what I posted!

That's the bit that I had already done, but there needs to be a second way of getting to the same answer.

Using the other example - the definition was 'traditional English performer'; the alternative way of getting to it was by the anagram.

 

[ColinJ]

I did my usual little Tour de Tod earlier, the lumpy little loop on my 2-speed bike (keeping it in the higher of the 2 gears). I heard an horrendous clanking sound and wondered what it was. A few streets further on I discovered the source. Workman are finally clearing the site of a demolished mill, presumably to eventually be filled by new housing. The noise was caused by a very alarming technique being used by a JCB operator. He was jerking his joystick control back and forth*** to shake stuff out of the JCB bucket. It looked like if he carries on doing it he will eventually shake it to bits!




*** Oh, do grow up - how old are you!

 

[pawl]

Going to sleep at 05:30 probably doesn't help!

Right, I am off to hunt Metros.

Isn’t it the close season

 

[pawl]

Oh god.

You called How can I be of assistance