The Week 964

[SirFrancisDrake]

Help please 13d 'Props not right for Oxford and Cambridge perhaps. (5)'

[scorpiojo]

Any letters?

[SirFrancisDrake]

I have S_O_S and I'm thinking 'Swots' but uncertain.

[scorpiojo]

Scows?

[toalisi]

Sho(r)es

[scorpiojo]

Doh

[SirFrancisDrake]

I did wonder about scows = flat bottomed boats = punts but didn't see how 'not right' would fit in. A 'scrow' for example isn't a prop? Chambers says a scrow is a scroll. But this is certainly a possible answer isn't it. Thanks indeed.

[scorpiojo]

Toalisi has it ^

[SirFrancisDrake]

Ah - shoes, of course, many thanks ! Doh indeed. I'm slow tonight :-) Thanks everyone. So kind of you.