Inquisitor 1517

[Ripper]

Last one! Stop uprising in return for pointed retaliation. Is it rEpost or rIpost and how does the word play work?
Thanks in advance.

[dannyk13]

Riposte

[Gill55]

I presume stop backwards an in return the first letters?

[roslyn251254]

repost ... T is extra letter....sop backwards inside ret(return)

[Ripper]

Under the ri/epost I have an R from serrs (Blunder between left and right hands of salutes forces men closer together) so I think the answer should be 6 letters R?POST. But, knowing me, I'm wrong

[dannyk13]

Roslyn has the correct parse.^^^

[Ripper]

Thank you all, especially Roslyn251254, you are all so much more clever than me!

[roslyn251254]

... only knew it cos I puzzled on this one for a good few hours on Sat afternoon!!

[Ripper]

Only Saturday afternoon? I was Saturday, Sunday & Monday - no housework for me!!!!!!!

[dannyk13]

Any excuse Ripper :-)

[Ripper]

Yup!

[Neveracrossword]

Ripper, I wasn't as smart as Roslyn - I went with Repos(t) as Repos is a word (the grid meant we needed a 5-letter answer, a real word) and Ripos isn't!

[Ripper]

Neveracrossword, you are smart you often come to my rescue!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Ripper, I wasn't too smart with this puzzle - it took me the whole weekend.