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Tilly2 | 09:47 Sun 15th Apr 2012 | Crosswords
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Years ago, possibly in the late eighties, I did a Guardian crossword which contained the following solution:
There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in.
But they're ever so small, that's why rain is thin.

I seem to remember that the whole of the clue was an anagram which led to this (Spike Milligan) poem. I did manage to get the answer, eventually, as this was in the days before Google et.al. I didn't even have a computer.

I thought it was absolute magic and have never forgotten that joy when I finally got the answer. I think it was Araucaria, although it may have been Bunthorne. Does anyone else remember this?

What is your all time favourite clue?
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ABCDEFGPQRSTUVWXYZ (5 Letters)
water. That is a good one.
Not the hardest by far. But i love the clue : )
gegs 9, 4
scrambled eggs : )
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Two lovely clues there. H to O is very good.
Don't think I would ever have got scrambled eggs! Maybe if I had some letters, then I might.
Any more?
i seem to remember Araucaria saying that his own favourite clue was E (13) - to which the solution is senselessness.
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Thanks for that one ron.
I didn't understand the question!
I've also seen Stun (5,4)
Which I rather liked.
But I cannot remember where.






















































Mixed nuts
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Is it my question you don't understand maidup, or Araucaria's?
I didn't understand that clue either. Lots of e's in the answer, though (and s's) ???????????????????
If you take NESS from SENSE you are left with E.

SENSE less NESS
Your question tilly!
//I did a Guardian crossword which contained the following solution:
There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in.
But they're ever so small, that's why rain is thin. //

Was it an exceedingly large crossword?
Blimey LadyA ^, I thought the bottom of my screen had dropped off for a minute there!

I loved
Charge of the Light Brigade (10, 4) - electricity bill
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Thanks for explaining that, lady alex. I would NEVER have got that.
Sorry, humbersloop
Got carried away.
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Sorry, maidup. No, it was a normal, Guardian 15 squared crossword. That's why I was so pleased to get the answer. It filled in an awful lot of the grid.
Happy to help, Tilly :-))

I seriously doubt if I would have got that answer either, but I could see how it worked . I'd have had to have had all of the crossing letters to have a fighting chance with that one.
Ok so...........

There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in.
But they're ever so small, that's why rain is thin.

was dotted around the grid?
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Yes, that's right.

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