The DA hasn’t been revealed for the week yet, but I probably won’t be near a computer until Monday, so comment away when you have the chance.
The DA hasn’t been revealed for the week yet, but I probably won’t be near a computer until Monday, so comment away when you have the chance.
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.
Completed but don’t understand how these two work:
9A JANE EYRE – hook?
26 HEADLINER – iceberg?
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.
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
make that ‘entire iceberg’ = head. as in the entire head of lettuce
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.
Thank you for the JANE EYRE and HEADLINER explanations – the idea of lettuce didn’t occur.
I must be really stupid ’cause can’t get 6D and 17D. Is it “by … or the ….?
Manda, try MY instead of BY
I know I might sound like Pauline, but RY, “please explain”!
Manda – No wories! MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY
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.