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kayakamina | 15:49 Thu 30th Mar 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Whence comes Laconian's first instalment? (6)


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Briefs ?

Are you sure that these letters are correct ?


A Laconian comes from Sparta = 'S PART A

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Thanks QuizMonkey


I now have the second letter as V. Does OVIEDO mean anything to you?

No, not in Chambers! Laconian (or more usually, Laconic) means concise, short, pithy - hence my guess at BRIEFS - but I couldn't satosfactorily explain the rest of the clue.
My guess at how this clue works would be:

Laconian's first = L
Then a word for instalment
And the whole thing would roughly be defined by the whole clue (eg an '&lit' clue).

And I do think one or two of your letters may be wrong...

Good luck!
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I've confirmed via the Guardian that the answer is OVIEDO .


Still trying to work it out but Thanks

kayakamina I find that OVIEDO is a town in N. Spain and has nothing to do with the clue.


In fact, ulysses100 had solved it, but was ignored! The clue is for a solution of SPARTA (not OVIEDO).


Reading the first half of the clue, we have "Whence comes Laconian" = SPARTA.


The second half of the clue reads " 's first instalment" where first instalment is "Part A"!


This is a beautifully crafted clue - for SPARTA!!!!!!!


I wonder just how much time we all spent on this false clue? Well done ulysses (the greek?)

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Well said Crofter! Belated thanks to Ulysses and what a lot of time over one clue!


Cheers

Thankyou crofter for your comments. I did wonder why everybody else was going on about briefs and Oviedo !!!


And no -- I'm not Greek !!!

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