![]() ![]() but was looking not for AE Housman but for, again, AESOP. with POSE reading upwards to give AESOP the same day, Anax in the Independent appeared to be lauding a lad from Shropshire.ġ8ac Housman's work his writings were fabulous (5) In the same puzzle, Jason asked us for the Greek Johnny Morris.Ģ6d Raise claim with a Greek story-teller (5) Same destination different route: MANIFESTO. ![]() for MANIFESTO while the day before, Jason in the FT had broken the word down and clued it one piece at a time:Ģ7ac A written declaration from chap with independent party, Oscar (9) Take this nine-letter answer, for which Tees in Wednesday's Independent used an anagram.ġ9ac Batter often aims for declaration (9) Joy it is to see the same word clued in different styles. trying to "remember" non-existent fictional couturiers like Mr MARHEARTS something or Miss SLAYSPADES the other, when "we hear" was not a cryptic device but part of the definition of AUDITORY SYSTEM. This was time well wasted.ĥd Tailor may destroy suit with this, we hear (8,6) When I read ".we hear" at the end of a clue, I set to work thinking of soundalikes. that you can't spell GLOBAL ECONOMY without spelling GLOOMY. In the next day's Guardian, Paul spotted.ģd/15ac Worryingly precarious thing to package - Cameron's party pessimistic about it (6,7) or perhaps this clue for ECONOMISE just happened to appear then. ![]() Never do we hear from the country's crossword setters.įor that, we need to turn to the puzzles themselves, for instance Tees in the Independent the day after the autumn statement:ġ3ac Bastard is one come to cut services (9) Time after time the reactions of one group of people are noticeable by their scandalous absence. #BLUE BOOK COLLECTOR CROSSWORD CLUE TV#The chancellor sits down, the pundits in the TV studio enumerate the gloom to two decimal points and the presenter throws to some outside broadcasts: a joyless jobcentre in the "Regions" and various City talking heads pretending to be cross and to be considering fleeing the country. We now know what to expect from a budget. ![]()
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