The Times, today

[greenrook]

Answer has 4 letters, clue is: Tips of stone axes are hot.
?e?y Have checked and double-checked the answers giving these letters. Thanks in advance.......G

[slaney]

Sexy
se.. tips of stone
axes ..plural of axis = xy

[greenrook]

many thanks slaney - I worked out the' tips of stone' part, but I would never have got the rest of it... greenrook

P.S., and apropos of nothing much, does your nickname derive from the English name of the Irish river of that name? I ask because my own name is, in part, anglicized from that river - Cheers, G

[slaney]

You're welcome, greenrook....and yes, the name comes from the river in Wexford.