DA Confusion (from the 16th of January)

Posted on January 19, 2009 by AS| 5 Comments

22 down: Management spot vamp blowing kiss (5)

And in what must also be a first, there’s only one clue I can’t figure out. I figured management spot = admin, but I don’t even know where to begin for an explanation.

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5 Responses to DA Confusion (from the 16th of January)

  1. NC | January 19, 2009 at 2:43 am |

    “minx n. A girl or young woman who is considered pert, flirtatious, or impudent. Obsolete. A promiscuous woman” from answers.com

    So, spot = ad, vamp blowing kiss = minx (minus the x), hence spot vamp blowing kiss = ADMIN = management.

  2. NC | January 19, 2009 at 2:46 am |

    One of my many confusions is 16A (TIBERIUS). I guessed that’s what it must be from the cross clues, but I have no idea why.

  3. AS | January 19, 2009 at 3:21 am |

    Minx! But of course.

    The Tiberius clue is actually quite difficult.

    Tiberius = Emperor, liable to scrap odds = ibe, race beginning = r, case = suit, case of retirement = tius so that liable to scrap odds before race beginning in case of retirement = tiberius = emperor.

  4. NC | January 19, 2009 at 6:10 pm |

    Yes, that is hard. I don’t think I would ever have thought of case=suit.

  5. RB | February 25, 2009 at 6:47 am |

    I think the justification for suit=case is in the legal meaning (lawsuit).

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