azed 1775 4.6.06

[kayakamina]

14a A picaresque sea creature,large,aboard ferry,sir dismembered (13, 3 words)

R???N??I??I?S

[Quizmonkey]

Roman � tiroirs

(MANATI inside RORO then anag of SIR)

[kayakamina]

It has taken me until now to remember that a RO RO is a ferry so i think RO MANATI (creature) RO I RS (sir)

Roman a tiroirs

Thanks to anyone who was helping.

[kayakamina]

Sorry Quizmonkey I didn't refresh before i started my post . Iknew you would get it and you were obviously ahead.

The last one is 8a Cabbage stem causing indisposition in trunk,poorly (8) ??IL??N?

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[crofter]

Kailrunt

[kayakamina]

Thanks Crofter- I've got the top of the Premier League helping me today!

[crofter]

You don't post many questions kayakamina, so there is little opportunity to assist you personally. You're a giver not a taker!

I was just thinking - "I'm giving an 'assist' to a top goal striker here!" My pleasure and Best regards.

[Quizmonkey]

Missed all that as I've been away! Interesting use of 'ail' as a noun in that last clue (indisposition) - okayed by Chambers.

[pandabear]

Quizmonkey / Kayakamina

Can you explain this a little more please - I know that Ro Ro is an acronym for Roll-on Roll-off so has Ro Ro become a generic name for a ferry that carries vehicles? Or, in the clue is 'aboard ferry' a reference to boarding a ferry ie Roll-on Roll-off?

Manati is presumably the spanish word for Manatee - 'sea creature, large,'

the answer 'Roman a tiroirs' is presumably a 'french' type of picaresque novel ?

And ...... azed ... where does this puzzle/quiz come from?

thank you in advance

[pandabear]

ditto

can one of you give me an online reference to the word Kailrunt - I cannot find it thru google etc

thank you

[kayakamina]

Pandabear Only just seen your post. You are quite right about RO RO ferries. You will come across variants of the clue in crosswords. Manatee or Manati is a large aquatic mammal and as you say Picaresque is a novel with episodic structure ie a Roman a Tiroirs.

The Azed puzzle is in the Observer as is generally considered , along with the Listener in the Times, as being for the more advanced Puzzler.

Kailrunt is in Chambers. Good luck K

[pandabear]

Kayakamina -thank you for the confirmation and info

I live overseas so a bit difficult to get hold of newspapers!