Skeleton Today

[dannyk13]

Still agonising over 9a.Flower- mostly twisted (4) I have either Nile or Nene (both rivers) Can anyone parse either please?

[Patsy33]

Could be Nile. Almost twisted could be;
Twisted pile, as on carpets? Take N off and it's almost pile.?

[Mamyalynne]

So letter pattern is...

N??E

Presumably?

[dannyk13]

Yes, Lynne, At the moment I am favouring Nene as the most of uneven but I'm far from sure.

[Mamyalynne]

Not very satisfactory really. Will keep thinking.

Loving your lateral thinking Patsy.

[Patsy33]

Fanks..... I do try. :)

[Togo]

Nerine, guernsey lily

[Mamyalynne]

That leaves us trying to fit 'twisted' in somewhere. Interesting shout all the same.

[dannyk13]

I was thinking uneven with letters neen twisted to Nene.I could well be having a senior moment with this. ☺

[Mamyalynne]

I can see your logic, sorry to have been no use.

[Buntz]

Could we all be thinking about this the wrong way; could we be looking for a river which is an anagram of another word for 'mostly', rather than a shortened word for 'twisted'. Is there a river Nare? (anagram of near)

[dannyk13]

Thanks, Lynne,Whatever the solution I think it is a bad clue.

[dannyk13]

Buntz.It's a thought but what about flower?

[Buntz]

Couldn't come up with any plants that would fit n??e

[Togo]

Flower as in bloom mostly. Twist meaning to..
Flower as in river ??

[Togo]

Buntz see 14:05

[dannyk13]

togo- letters are N??E

[Togo]

Nerine mostly Ne(ri)ne

[Togo]

//Nerine is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family,//

Lol that is all I can think of danny. Bit contrived granted.

[dannyk13]

The only thing missing from that is 'twisted'. All in all it'a a right mare's nest

[Togo]

Have we twisted flower(bloom)to be flower(river).