Homophones – such as PRIZE and PRISE – typically share more than a few letters. Yet what SIX separate homophone pairs reveal not a single letter shared by either partner? Award yourself a prize for naming four pairs at least.
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BB246 SOLUTION: In top to bottom order: rest, acne, SHIN, hops; EYES, rove, aria, sell; [...]
‘You buggers don’t make it a picnic to choose three winners,’ the judge appraised. Our Gifted Gabs drew the biggest load of posts in storm history, and most of this swag was worth a mention, if not a Certificate of Merit.
Since the ex- prefix was so popular, I decided to demote their glory as a [...]
Summer has meant Avatar and Torah Bright, pink batts and kookaburra’s laugh – and the next 21 clues in Clues of Repute – Summer Edition.
Over the next week I’ll be posting the pick of the last three months, with answers eventually provided. But thought you’d relish having a crack at these gems, as well as [...]
Who knew? Crosswords and fashion can appear in the same sentence. Thanks to a post by flipsockgrrl, we can see how the kingdom of Across and Down combines with the closet.
Nobody said anything about stylish, but Yves Saint Laurent was always firm believer in the timeless qualities of black on white, ne pas
After her devoted catwalk [...]
Puns this week, where the vavavoom lurks in all the variants on the verb to ’say’. Like these for example:
‘These papers need to fresh assessment,’ she remarks.
‘Gluttony is wrong,’ the priest insinuated.
‘I’ve lost a little weight,’ I announce.
‘Your turn to bat,’ Ponting declares.
Be inventive. Be sly. But most of all, be remark-able. Three prizes to be [...]
Stacked as a square, GROW, NAVE, AGES, TENT spell GNAT, RAGE, OVEN, WEST reading down each column. Supplied seven words from four more squares – can you retrieve the body part missing from each set?
acne, echo, hops, rash, rest, snip, tens
aria, eras, evil, rove, seal, sell, yore
acid, edge, fine, icon, long, walk, wife
agog, ague, eggs, [...]
Not a challenge for the coward last week – or the yellow fellow. We had to dream up paired rhymes that satisfied a single-word definition.
The fact that Rudd’s rival is liking biking, makes the sport an Abbott habit. And once we warmed up, much like the peloton, the best impressed. CRD in fact got so [...]
Paul Kelly sang a song.
Judith Lucy dealt with a gabbling mother – though not her own, she discovered.
Chloe Hooper took Aesop to task.
All twelve writers had their virtues at last week’s Melbourne launch of the Wheeler Centre (the new hub for Books, Writing & Ideas). I went with some mates, along with 2000 other bodies, [...]
You can see how long and steely I stared at this bunch of Huh clues, to no avail. This lot embraces two authors – or maybe three – a citrus fruit, a dead Egyptian and an eagle. As far as I can figure, anyway. Would appreciate your counsel of the cryptic kind to see how these [...]
If epee = duel tool, does Brainstorm = tough stuff?
That’s your challenge this week. Conjure a single word or name that can be defined by a pair of rhyming words. Exploitation, for example, can be defined as tacker yakka. While filthy could be bloody muddy.
Don’t be a silly billy and use established rhyming couples already. [...]