rt 16

[rtxwdtrier]

Just one left - 10a "Rod said to be an admirer", ?e?u, which ought to be BEAU - but where does "Rod said to be" tie in please?

[Vicasso]

Sounds like bow as in violin ?

[rtxwdtrier]

I've never heard of a violin rod.....

[grasscarp]

you have to think of a rod as a piece of wood, which is like a bow.... which sounds like beau

[Rollo]

It's either an an awful clue!

Or, maybe it's a misprint and it should ne NOD, not ROD.

[grasscarp]

I think a bow (think bow and arrow) can be called a rod quite easily.

[Vicasso]

Thanks to grasscarp and a nod to Rollo

btw rtx, my name isn't Rod :-)

[rtxwdtrier]

Thanks everyone....I have looked up "bow" in the dictionary, and the solid part of a violin bow is indeed described as a rod (but not the whole bow!). So it looks as if Vicasso got it right!

[Vicasso]

It was only a guess, rtx, that's why I put the question mark.