I’ll go first. I like this DA a lot, despite only getting half of it out. Many very, very clever and delightful clues. I’m still not sure about 3,22D though. I understand the wordplay but where’s the def?
Groan. Now I see it myself. 3, 22 Down: With it, is muck covering hands beforehand? (6,6) is=is, muck=compost, hands=men. So ‘muck covering hands’=composMENt & ‘is muck covering hands beforehand’=compos MENtIS=’having mental faculties intact’=’with it’. Fiendishly misleading direct clue!
I’ll go first.
I like this DA a lot, despite only getting half of it out. Many very, very clever and delightful clues.
I’m still not sure about 3,22D though. I understand the wordplay but where’s the def?
Groan. Now I see it myself.
3, 22 Down: With it, is muck covering hands beforehand? (6,6)
is=is, muck=compost, hands=men.
So ‘muck covering hands’=composMENt & ‘is muck covering hands beforehand’=compos MENtIS=’having mental faculties intact’=’with it’.
Fiendishly misleading direct clue!
Yes, despite the direct clue being right there at the beginning, it was beautifully camouflaged.