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Post by ambersalamander on Nov 3, 2009 18:30:26 GMT
...in today's Evening Standard.
8 Down: "Unimportant point made over tea initially."
"Made over" means reworked, so rearrange the letters of the word POINT.
"Tea initially" means the first letter, or initial, of the word TEA, so T.
The whole is something that means "unimportant"
This gives the following answer...
"TINPOT" ;D
I am happy now.
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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Nov 3, 2009 20:52:05 GMT
Can we sue?? ;D
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Post by ambersalamander on Nov 3, 2009 21:09:21 GMT
For being considered "unimportant"?
I hope so - I never did like the Standard. I only pick it up now it's free to give myself some puzzles to do on the train home. They're not great though: I did the Codeword in under three minutes today ;D
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Nov 3, 2009 21:59:07 GMT
That is bloody brilliant - thanks for the text too!! ;D
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Post by peekay on Nov 4, 2009 3:38:53 GMT
I'd never have got that! My mind works too literally for cryptic clues.
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Post by ambersalamander on Nov 4, 2009 18:51:03 GMT
Mine does too, funnily enough, but there are tricks you can learn  |
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Post by ambersalamander on Feb 10, 2010 20:58:34 GMT
I don't believe it - 1 Across in today's Standard special is "Unimportant point elaborately made by the Tory leader." It's TINPOT again!  There's also a me-clue: "Does it mean Sarah's consumed gin unwisely?" My name is Sarah, but it's SAL for short. If you get SAL to consume an unwisely-spelled version of GIN, you get SIGNAL. I think I ought to write to the Standard and ask them to stop calling us unimportant. Then I may write a play called The Importance of Being Tinpot, just to show them. |
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Post by robotsmfc on Feb 11, 2010 23:26:08 GMT
We could be your cast  You could approach Charlie Connelly as a co-writer  |
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Post by ambersalamander on Feb 12, 2010 13:45:04 GMT
;D
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Post by stefsavanah on Mar 12, 2012 1:43:12 GMT
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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 12, 2012 12:24:12 GMT
Nice to have this thread resurrected while I'm doing the Times crossword. I can't see that pic on here  but will take a look later. Sounds like a device I've seen before. I don't suppose you'd be kind enough to transcribe the clues, would you? So that's your website is it? |
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Post by Sultan of Cannock- SRFC on Jun 12, 2012 11:15:31 GMT
A little more downmarket, yesterdays S*n crossword contained the clue:
(easy) -" Paltry"
(cryptic) -" Inferior metal cooking vessel "
I think we all know the answer to that one!!
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Post by ambersalamander on Jun 12, 2012 14:48:39 GMT
TINPOT
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but will take a look later. Sounds like a device I've seen before. I don't suppose you'd be kind enough to transcribe the clues, would you? 