Guardian 25903 Saturday March 23Rd 2013

[gillie3431]

Stuck on 1,21 down. 18 letters - 9 words......?A?I?A?AO?A?A?I?A?...........
3,2,13,2,13,1,3

[vakayu]

Can we have a clue?

[Baldric]

Is there a clue ?

[dannyk13]

you show 18 letters but you have two words of 13?

[mikey4444]

Clue is "It's one of my 14's, but did perceive something of the others ?
(3,2,1,3,2,1,3,1,3)

For the record, "14" in this context means a palindrome.

Its got something to do with cats and mats ( I think ! )

[Malcolmt]

was it a car or a cat i saw

[bookbinder]

AB ought to have a section that's called Guessing Games.

[Malcolmt]

it references toyotas and lions in two other palindromes

[mikey4444]

Thanks Malc....I think you are right but what a rotten clue !

[gillie3431]

Thanks everyone. Sorry for not having posted the clue.

[Hokeypokey]

Try this link.
All is revealed here

http://youtu.be/mE3w3fL2gsI

[Baldric]

and 19 letters after all that!

[maurice]

Hokeypokey: Your tip about Weird Al Yankevic has got me really interested!
But beyond that, isn't it pretty cheap of Paul to pinch all those examples (deliberately weak in the original)and pass thezm off as his own in a puzzle that's utterly boring anyway, without acknowledgment of the original?
Well pointed out ---and as a Dylan fan, I'm not in the least offended!