Super Early Early Bird DA (for the 10th of April Edition)

12 Responses to Super Early Early Bird DA (for the 10th of April Edition)

1. JG | April 11, 2009 at 9:29 am |

   You’d have to be a Grey Nomad to work this one out. Those of us who live near the Pacific Ocean didn’t have a chance.

   Joe, 9.30 am Sat.

2. RY | April 12, 2009 at 9:48 am |

   Completed but don’t understand how these two work:

   9A JANE EYRE – hook?
   26 HEADLINER – iceberg?

3. JG | April 12, 2009 at 12:56 pm |

   My take on Jane Eyre is ‘hook’ = J hook = J, ‘again’ = anew, so ‘again inconclusive’ = ane, and so Jane. I think the ‘J’ part is pretty suss. Eyre is of course the highway, and Jane Eyre is the heroine of the eponymous book.
   ‘Headliner’ beats me too.

4. MF | April 12, 2009 at 2:18 pm |

   as for 26A, i took it to be star = headliner (Titanic, say = liner, and iceberg = head (as in a head of iceberg lettuce))

   I’m still missing 10 words. i havent done this badly for months

5. MF | April 12, 2009 at 2:21 pm |

   make that ‘entire iceberg’ = head. as in the entire head of lettuce

6. RB | April 12, 2009 at 11:50 pm |

   I couldn’t fully explain 9A JANE EYRE and 26A HEADLINER either, so thanks for the explanations above. And it took me a long long time to get the all important 6D 17D. Well done JG for coming up with J=”hook” and ANE=”again inconclusive”. Agree that the “J” part is a bit suss. But I suppose it’s not that different from O=”ring”, and we all accept that.

   Not a lot of inspired clues this week, but 21A CHINLESS did elicit a chuckle.

7. RY | April 13, 2009 at 8:34 am |

   Thank you for the JANE EYRE and HEADLINER explanations – the idea of lettuce didn’t occur.

8. Manda | April 13, 2009 at 9:52 am |

   I must be really stupid ’cause can’t get 6D and 17D. Is it “by … or the ….?

9. RY | April 13, 2009 at 11:27 am |

   Manda, try MY instead of BY

10. Manda | April 13, 2009 at 5:44 pm |

    I know I might sound like Pauline, but RY, “please explain”!

11. RY | April 13, 2009 at 6:05 pm |

    Manda – No wories! MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY

12. Manda | April 14, 2009 at 1:04 pm |

    Many thanks; I was stuck in “ocean mode” and “sea” and “see” words…that it could be referring to a road didn’t enter the grey matter.