Sunday Times Prize Crossword ST 4499 Sunday August 19th 2012

[Vimto]

Would some kind person please explain the word play in 4 down. Clue: Polish right for small flower (5). I have: R?I?E. I think it's RHINE but can't see why. Help please.

[bibblebub]

replace the small = S in polish = SHINE with right = R

and a flower can be something that flows e.g. a river

[Touchstone]

Replace the S in shine with R perhaps

[Vimto]

Thanks touchstone and to you bubbletub for explaining my lasy post but I don't know what happened for me to lose it.

[eeevanwok]

Hi Vimto, I have the same question. Perhaps "Rhine"is the polish word for "right", but small?

[eeevanwok]

Oh sorry, I hadn't seen the responses when I posted before. Sorry, and thank you all.

[MarkRae]

It's fairly straightforward.

Another word for 'polish' is 'shine' - this is polish as in furniture polish, nothing to do with the people who live in Poland.

So, take 'shine' and swap Right for Small i.e. replace the 's' with an 'r' and you get RHINE. And RHINE is a 'flower' i.e. something which flows, specifically in this case, a river.

Simples!

[Wharton]

rhone

[Mamyalynne]

Is that like Mr Sheen??

[MarkRae]

Not without my shades...

[Wharton]

polish = hone
right = 'r'
rhone = gutter (small flow-er)
evener simpleser

[MarkRae]

But wrong.

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1162667.html

[Wharton]

You're pwobably correct M/R, but my answer fits the clue far better than the others.

[MarkRae]

It really doesn't. And 10a is MOONSHINE.

[Wharton]

mamyalynne - thanks for the link - I hadn't seen the previous thread and didn't realise there were guys/gals arguing all over the shop/ship.

[MarkRae]

http://tinypic.com/r/15e7o1g/6

[Wharton]

That is excellent M/R. I'm not up to posting links (yet) but hopefully I'll get there. While you're here I'm looking for two in The Wee Stinker.
1a Man's alternative (5) ??u?e
1d Like the best part (6) ??r?o?

[shoota]

1a Mouse - are you man or.....

[Wharton]

Any cheese there shoota? thanks.

[MarkRae]

1a MOUSE
1d MARROW