Donate SIGN UP

S.times 4572

Avatar Image
pjwesties | 11:10 Mon 13th Jan 2014 | Crosswords
10 Answers
s.times4572 11a technical term for a booby I have ?o?e?i?t?c?l my last one and am completely stumped. Previous asker suggested solecistical but wasn't certain .Help please
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 10 of 10rss feed

Avatar Image
Solecistical
11:11 Mon 13th Jan 2014
Solecistical
Meaning incorrect
I don't see why the meaning should be incorrect: Chambers gives "any absurdity, impropriety or incongruity", and that is surely what we can mean by a "booby" --- Don Mayer is not exactly known to me as a particularly accurate, careful or conventional cluer (in fact he was one reason I gave up doing all the Times Crosswords, as they're so expensive to access abroad). So I would go for SOLECISTICAL, esp. with all those crossers!
I've just realized my predecessor probably meant the very opposite of what I understood: with inverted commas his contribution takes on a quite different sense!
Maurice- maybe you have misunderstood scorpiojo. Or maybe I have misunderstood one of you
Crossed posts. All sorted now.
Her contribution!
What I should have written was:
From the Free Dictionary - pertaining to, or involving, a solecisms; incorrect
And another crossed post lol
Question Author
Thanks to the three of you. This is yet another far out clue from Dean Mayer. Weird !
Sorry, scorpiojo: I had no idea you are a woman! Now I know everything!

1 to 10 of 10rss feed

Do you know the answer?

S.times 4572

Answer Question >>