Tls 1118

[dafyddapgwilym]

Can't quite finish - stuck on 4down: Plant two owls and a hen here. (3,4,5).
I have ??D, ?A??, ?E?R?.

[dannyk13]

Old man's beard

[aelmpvw]

old mans beard

[dafyddapgwilym]

THank you, thank you, thank you. :)

[Mamyalynne]

There was an Old Man with a Beard
BY EDWARD LEAR
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!—
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard.

[dannyk13]

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175025

[dafyddapgwilym]

And.... I presume that 14across (Cabinet Minister broke up with this short Bond girl, 6,6) is Whisky Galore - but why is it??
And I must be wrong somewhere with 1across (Hates working for someone who might wield the axe,8), for which I have A?H?R?O?.
Grrrrrr.

[Mamyalynne]

1a Abhorson , Shakespearean executioner

[dafyddapgwilym]

Thank you, Mamyalynne.

[Captain2]

Pussy Galore

[Captain2]

sorry - ignore me!

[dafyddapgwilym]

Pussy doesn't fit. (Did I just type that??).

[Mamyalynne]

Short - Whisky
Bong Girl - Galore

S S Cabinet Minister was the ship in the novel

[Mamyalynne]

arghhh

Bond girl

[dafyddapgwilym]

Nice one. Phew! Now I can get out more...

[Togo]

Abhorson? 1a Pussy Galore. Bonds girl.

[Mamyalynne]

Abhorson , yes as above but no Pussy, sorry.

[Mamyalynne]

Abhorson , executioner in Measure for Measure.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_for_Measure

[Togo]

Ha ha Mamy I knew the Galore connection but not the Whisky parse you provided. I got 1A by default. I was thinking of the Abhorson trilogy of books from about 10 years ago. Didn't know the Shakespeare link.

[Mamyalynne]

We get there eventually was a good one this week.