On which topic, the letters TEE appear in words from “absentees” (forwards) to “zebra parakeets” (backwards) and they might be indicated by the word “shirt”. And Arachne deploys her trademark wit in this clue …ġ1aClever fellow’s concealed supporter? (8) īeware, though: a “supporter” might equally be a golfer’s TEE. “Cups”, and “supporter” in the clue, for example, suggest the letters BRA somewhere in the answer. Various words that don’t appear to be describing a bra turn out to be doing just that. ( More on that here.) It’s a handy little three-letter word and it often appears in clues as well as answers. The first time the policemen Morse and Lewis meet, the conversation is about a crossword clue for “bra”. The adjective “pants” has enjoyed a revival in the last quarter-century or so, hence Matilda’s clue …Ģ5aTheir own pants became threadbare (4,4) Of similar vintage is the disparaging use of “pants”, as in the older expression “your name is pants”. So are crossword setters such as Screw:ĩaFootballer in Arsenal trousers who practises first position? (9) PG Wodehouse was fond of the term journalists still are. Since the 1860s, if not before, someone taking possession of something – especially if the something is money and the taking is underhand – has been said to be “trousering” whatever it is. One of my favourite ways of being misled in a puzzle is when a word looks very much like, say, a noun and turns out to be a verb. But the names of items of clothing don’t always mean what they seem to mean. Not necessarily smartly – and really, there’s no need.
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