Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 951 Saturday November 12th 2011

[horseshoes]

Last 2;

49 down Tips on feng shui loom from house sitter (5) G.M.E

50 across After small prod, greyhound's next to last out of the trap (6) I have .P.K.N I'm thinking it's spoken (prod = poke) but where do S & N come in?

Thanks in advance.

[Voulez-vous]

50a) Yes, spoken. The s comes from Small and the n is the next to last letter in greyhouNd.

[bibblebub]

49d GIMME [=sitter, as in something simple]

last letters, i.e. tips, of fenG shuI looM froM housE

[horseshoes]

Thanks both.

@ Bibblebub - I saw that, but didn't know what a GIMME was, so dismissed it as I've never heard of it! Is it pronounced the same GIMME as in the Abba song?

[bibblebub]

yes, it's the shortened form of 'give me'

[horseshoes]

Ah ha. I just looked it up. Now I understand what you meant Bibblebub, as in "simple". I have honestly never heard that expression, although I know the word as meaning "give me". Thanks again:-)))

n. Sports
A putt that is granted to a fellow player as successfully made either before it is attempted or after it is missed in an informal game of golf.