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In message , UnsteadyKen
writes:
In article ,
says...
I'm puzzled by the folks who thought the
clue was creative. I think it's awful.

And here, a bit contrived I thought.

One of the best clues I ever saw was...

hijklmno

5 Letters


If we're trotting out the classics:

014 (6, 5)
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"UnsteadyKen" wrote in message
T...
In article ,
lid says...
I'm puzzled by the folks who thought the
clue was creative. I think it's awful.

And here, a bit contrived I thought.

One of the best clues I ever saw was...

hijklmno

5 Letters


Now that is good. And I'm amazed that it took me only about 30 seconds to
get it.

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message
...
One of the best clues I ever saw was...

hijklmno

5 Letters


If we're trotting out the classics:

014 (6, 5)

Now that one *has* got me baffled. Any hints?

"Richard Tobin" wrote in message
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In article ,
UnsteadyKen wrote:

One of the best clues I ever saw was...

hijklmno

5 Letters

They include the following eight (8)

Is that another crossword clue, maybe related to the earlier one? As in
pqrstuvw?

In article ,
NY wrote:

One of the best clues I ever saw was...

hijklmno

5 Letters

They include the following eight (8)

Is that another crossword clue,

Yes, from the Guardian, I think.

maybe related to the earlier one?

Not really.

-- Richard

In article ,
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

If we're trotting out the classics:

Land of hope and --- (7)

-- Richard

On 16-9-2017 21:43, Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

If we're trotting out the classics:

Land of hope and ---

Dispair???

Richard Tobin" wrote in message
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In article ,
They include the following eight (8)

Oh yes! Think punctuation signs.


And I like (1,6,1,4), even if the 6 should really be 7 to include the
apostrophe :-)

"Richard Tobin" wrote in message
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In article ,
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

If we're trotting out the classics:

Land of hope and --- (7)

Hmmm. Not glory since that's 5 and anyway it's fairly obvious. Any hints?

In article ,
NY wrote:

If we're trotting out the classics:

Land of hope and --- (7)

Hmmm. Not glory since that's 5 and anyway it's fairly obvious. Any hints?

I don't think it was ever published in a real crossword; it's just
quoted as a favourite by crossword setters. It's a biblical reference.

-- Richard

On 17/9/17 1:24 am, UnsteadyKen wrote:
In article ,
lid says...
I'm puzzled by the folks who thought the
clue was creative. I think it's awful.

And here, a bit contrived I thought.

One of the best clues I ever saw was...

hijklmno

5 Letters



Sounds a bit wet to me.

--
Robert B. born England a long time ago;
Western Australia since 1972

On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 07:06:35 +0800, Robert Bannister
wrote:

On 17/9/17 1:24 am, UnsteadyKen wrote:
In article ,
lid says...
I'm puzzled by the folks who thought the
clue was creative. I think it's awful.

And here, a bit contrived I thought.

One of the best clues I ever saw was...

hijklmno

5 Letters



Sounds a bit wet to me.

Get your mind out of the gutter, Bannister.

On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 21:21:53 +0000 (UTC),
(Richard Tobin) wrote:

In article ,
NY wrote:

If we're trotting out the classics:

Land of hope and --- (7)

Hmmm. Not glory since that's 5 and anyway it's fairly obvious. Any hints?

I don't think it was ever published in a real crossword; it's just
quoted as a favourite by crossword setters. It's a biblical reference.

Charity.

In article ,
Mack A. Damia wrote:

If we're trotting out the classics:

Land of hope and --- (7)

Hmmm. Not glory since that's 5 and anyway it's fairly obvious. Any hints?

I don't think it was ever published in a real crossword; it's just
quoted as a favourite by crossword setters. It's a biblical reference.

Charity.

"Ichabod", for the glory has departed (1 Samuel 4:21).

-- Richard

"Richard Tobin" wrote in message
news
In article ,
Mack A. Damia wrote:

If we're trotting out the classics:

Land of hope and --- (7)

Hmmm. Not glory since that's 5 and anyway it's fairly obvious. Any
hints?

I don't think it was ever published in a real crossword; it's just
quoted as a favourite by crossword setters. It's a biblical reference.

Charity.

"Ichabod", for the glory has departed (1 Samuel 4:21).

Oh, right. I could have kept guessing for a million years and never got
that. I didn't expect it to be a person's name "She named the boy Ichabod".
I suppose it is a massive help if you are familiar with the bible :-) Not
having any religious beliefs (in the sense of worship, praise,
belief-without-proof) puts me at a disadvantage here.