Gdn Cryptic

[davidas]

Can someone parse Buck - if it does, it won't be with grasshopper?

ANTELOPE is where I got to..

plus

22ac

Auxiliaries do what they are supposed to do..


BEHAVE?

[Mamyalynne]

BE and HAVE are auxiliary verbs

[Mamyalynne]

I think the other derives from here

If the ANT does ELOPE then the Grasshopper will be alone.

Antelope = Buck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Grasshopper

[davidas]

Thank you. I thought of ANT plus ELOPE but it seems a a touch forced.

[Mamyalynne]

Not able to get anywhere other than the fable for reference, hopefully someone else may have the better parse.