![]() Learn which key(s) allow(s) you to move from one light to the next (usually the return key). Don’t use the mouse, use the arrow keys instead (you waste time going between the mouse and the keyboard). ![]() Learn how to navigate the grid efficiently. If it’s taking 3 or 4 minutes to do that then that is a massive amount of time you’re losing simply through slow typing. How fast do you need to be? I reckon that if you can fill in a 15×15 grid with answers that you already know in less than 45s then you’re up to speed. (Should you get hooked, I can thoroughly recommend this: ). ![]() There are numerous online tutorials, some incorporating games to make the process more fun. It’s not difficult and you probably already know where nearly a quarter of the alphabet is anyway (QWERTY). When I practised snogging in my youth (happy memories) I’d never have called it “making out”, I suspect this is an Americanism. They have a nice dragon on their flag, though. I’ve been to a lot of countries but not Bhutan, and it’s not high on my bucket list at this point. Outlaw seen outside shack somewhere in Asia(6)īHUTAN – BAN (outlaw) with HUT inserted. Island worker on one other island briefly (7)ĪNTIGUA – ANT (worker) I (one) GUA = other island briefly. SLAPDASH – PALS reversed (upset) then DASH = a little. Upset friends a little, being careless (8) ODOURLESS – O (old) DOUR (stern) LESS (not so much). Old and stern? Not so much, and not smelly! (9) NETHERMOST – here it is, hidden as above.Ī&E, say, with request to lab perhaps that’s unnecessary? (5,5)įIFTH WHEEL – musically, from A to E is a fifth interval W (with) HEEL instruction given to your labrador retriever. ORLEANS – OR = more “uncovered”, OR LEANS = lists. I wrote it in and it looked odd with two Ws together, but it is so spelt is there another word in English with two Ws consecutively? SKEWWHIFF -S (southern) KEW (part of London) WHIFF (smell). Not straight with southern part of London over smell (9) From Yiddish, I see, literally meaning penis. SHMUCK – SUCK = be awful, with HM inserted. It’s a kind of netball / basketball for mixed teams.įool to be awful when entertaining His Majesty (6) IDIOM – MOI (me in French) DI (a lady) “picked up” i.e. When in France, me and a lady picked up a turn of phrase (5) Something to do with knickerbockers and Dutch settlers, I believe.Īrticle on short page supporting Bob’s first Wailer? (7)īANSHEE – B (Bob) AN (article) SHEE = short page. NICK – I know very little about basketball, but I did know the New York team is called the KNICKS, which sounds like nicks. Well, his American cousin might have said DANG, I doubt he would have done so.Īrrest New York basketball player for speaking (4) A score of 2 under par on one hole, like hen’s teeth in my case.Īffair of cat eating a box of ingredients (7) WATERSHIP DOWN – WATER’S (liquid’s) HIP (cool) DOWN (blue).ĭog ignoring bone initially getting good score on course (5)ĮAGLE – a BEAGLE dog loses its initial B from bone. How else can you crawl, but on all fours? Explanations below, please. a light y U M M y.Ĭrawling on this is a result of poor judgement? (3,5)ĪLL FOURS – I’ve underlined the whole of this clue, because I think it must be a cryptic definition of some sort, but neither I nor Mrs P can see why crawling on all fours can be this. Turns down occasionally yummy Asian food (3,3)ĭIM SUM -DIMS = turns down, e.g. slang for kill, LOLL to relax, Y the end of balcony. Kill American, then relax close to balcony - that’s cold (3,5) HUMPBACK WHALE – to HUMP BACK = to return carrying, WHALE sounds like WAIL. Large creature to return carrying? Cry audibly (8,5) Style of note female swapped with Charlie (5)ĮCLAT – E FLAT being a musical note, replace F by C. = some soldiers, and SO ON.ĬENTIGRAM – (CREMATING)*. Even as a golfer, I had to dredge my memory for this name for an old type of golf club which was used for getting the ball out of a hole or bad spot. NIBLICK – NIB = tip, LICK = wet, as a verb. Definitions underlined in bold, ( ABC)* indicating anagram of ABC, anagrinds in italics.
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