Skeleton Crossword May 28Th 2017

[Jan1e]

I am stuck on just one - 8a An acceptable comeback (3) O?E I just can't work out what it is!

[Mamyalynne]

Oke (Okay) as you would reply if accepting.

[dannyk13]

One - eno(enough)reversed

[Mamyalynne]

Ignore me sorry, haven't got the puzzle.

[fiction-factory]

My first thought was OKE but it seemed very weak. I am not at all sure anout ONE either

[Mamyalynne]

Def 3

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/oke

[fiction-factory]

Is ENO an accepted abbreviation then for enough? danny is usually right (as is Mamyalynne)

[Mamyalynne]

As I say, don't do the puzzle so will gladly defer.

[dannyk13]

I think I prefer oke.

[Alfie06]

Ole or one is all I can think off

[fiction-factory]

Ole?

[Jan1e]

I have been in the same position for ages as my fellow puzzlers would seem to have been! I think I'll plump for OKE unless anyone else has further thoughts.

[fiction-factory]

I think I prefer OLE- it is used to indicate approval for something and is it used as way of asking for an encore (a comeback)?

[Buick88]

Acceptable OK ...come E back so OKE

[dannyk13]

I have put oke after a lot of discussion earlier.

[Millycat]

Acceptable ok+comeback E = oke?

[Jan1e]

Thank you to everyone for the suggestions.

[fiction-factory]

Okay - I accept OKE is probably right. I assume the clue is one of those where words can be used in the parsing and again in the definition

[JJ109]

ONE = n
on = acceptable ie that's on, that's acceptable
+ e (com)e back "letter"

[JJ109]

^^ one = "an"

[dannyk13]

Flipping 'eck.I'm running out of Tipp-ex.