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Times Grand Final Puzzle 2
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Sadly 90 man minutes have been spent by myself and colleagues trying to unsuccessfully work out the wordplay for:
4d May the second, Milne's penning New Statesman? Ans is Hawaiian.
The statesman is the Hawaiian. AA comes from AA Milne. N is from New . Second might be ii. This still leaves haw but in any case I can’t see where the may and penning fit in .
6d Extremely rapid fire, seeing pilot releasing anger. Ans is fastest =extremely rapid. Test = pilot but how do we get fas?
12d Jerk up an elongated fish at end of hook –that’s good work! Ans Kangaroo-hop.
Jerk =kangaroo-hop (as in learning to drive!) . End of hook =k good =g work =op but still missing an arro h .
15d Fraud? (In that, in the past, billions missing) Ans quackery. . Quackery=fraud but no idea.
22d He’s “mislaid” case of claret, say. Ans Edwin. I can see r Edwin e but can’t see how you remove the r & e .
Astounding that the whole puzzle was solved in maybe 10 mins by so many!
Thanks
4d May the second, Milne's penning New Statesman? Ans is Hawaiian.
The statesman is the Hawaiian. AA comes from AA Milne. N is from New . Second might be ii. This still leaves haw but in any case I can’t see where the may and penning fit in .
6d Extremely rapid fire, seeing pilot releasing anger. Ans is fastest =extremely rapid. Test = pilot but how do we get fas?
12d Jerk up an elongated fish at end of hook –that’s good work! Ans Kangaroo-hop.
Jerk =kangaroo-hop (as in learning to drive!) . End of hook =k good =g work =op but still missing an arro h .
15d Fraud? (In that, in the past, billions missing) Ans quackery. . Quackery=fraud but no idea.
22d He’s “mislaid” case of claret, say. Ans Edwin. I can see r Edwin e but can’t see how you remove the r & e .
Astounding that the whole puzzle was solved in maybe 10 mins by so many!
Thanks
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