Spectator 1922

[greyfox]

'Idiomatique' by Doc is this week's challenge.

http://www.spectator.co.uk/article_assets/arti cledir_7511/3755803/crossword.pdf

Brewers at the ready. Bonne chance!

[kayakamina]

Thanks again for the link greyfox.

Disappointing that the theme is so similar to the one Doc used a couple of weeks ago.

Barely 30 minutes with Brewer.

[greyfox]

C'est vrai kaya'. Il etait le plus facile dans un long temps.

[Spaghetti]

Thanks as usual, greyfox. Any bets on 'Idiomatico' in a couple of weeks?

[slaney]

Thanks for the link greyfox - a bit of d�j� vu this morning!

[Helveticus]

30 11 26 really says it all, especially for those of us who don't have the 17th Edition of Brewer.

[turnerjmw]

Thanks for the link. Rather humdrum, as k said. As a non-Francophone without a copy of the relevant Brewer, finding the phrases was much the most interesting part, and even that was much easier than a couple of weeks ago. I'll email the crossword editor to complain :)

[cruciverbali]

Merci Monsieur Renard !

[Mysterons]

Thank you greyfox !

Strange timing for this one, with a rather large clue at the foot of the page for any newcomers !

[dr b]

Next week - Mandarin Chinese.

[novalis]

Encore une fois merci beaucoup.

[dr b]

Lacking only 1a/4d and a copy of Brewers, and my French being limited to "sacre bleu", "merde" and "Sarkozy", I would appreciate a hint, perhaps regarding the English translation of 1a/4d. Ach, du lieber!

[turnerjmw]

The first word in 1ac (and 3rd in 4d) could equally have come after 26 dn (ignoring the pluralisation).

[mad max]

Many thanks for link as always

[dr b]

thanks turnerjmw.