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Clue no. 27: Gem collector loses old style business
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A clue to PALAVER.
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Plenty of conference pears / Rod (& Pa) Lavers / carry ons / lap dancers and lav papers, but some accommodated within clumsy surfaces – so marks have been awarded to the cleanest, snappiest clues.
I had problems with – 1 did not seem to make sense – was Pal used twice in wordplay friend/lap dancing? 6 Gram. error in wordplay (should maybe be 'appearing'?) 7 R is 'first of rate', not 'first rate' 15 over-tortuous attempt to generate current commentary 16 did not quite work – might have been better without 'core'? 17 did not quite get the jam bit 18 Gram. uses multiple senses 21 a little unfair, P&L don't appear together 27 O&S are separated so OS not really fair 29 Def & wordplay should not overlap 47 'sarah' does not mean 'palin' any more than 'michael' does.('e.g. sarah' might). Also, 'out' is unfair, why not just use 'not in'? 50 Did not really get it – is 'state' really a synonym for 'palaver'
Most others were ok, some rather good but I suppose the word encouraged a lot of sameness |
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My favourites, with good, misleading surfaces, were 61 and 35
Several clues just missed points:
14 seemed to define PALSAVER
18 "chopped pear" could be PE-AR, but PA-ER is more like "chopped and shaken pear"
27 what a pity O and S weren't adjacent in OPALSAVER
36 "precious stone" is needed only for the surface
50 A great spot, but too difficult for me to solve (without the hints) |
