Guardian 24933

[lesleyhoyes]

Lament a knighthood, Spooner, from afar : K_E_ A_A_

[esmerelda3]

I have keep away lament "weep" spooner changes first letter
Do you please have the Z answer?

[roslyn251254]

keepaway?

[Graudian]

Zen d

[lesleyhoyes]

Thanks for that. I have ZEND (ZEN + d of daft) but not sure why the bible refernce

[esmerelda3]

Thanks and can you explain why is the T answer trireme .I know it is a boat but am not sure about the rest. Thanks

[lesleyhoyes]

'one army unit' I think is the IRE (royal engineers) but can't work out the rest.

[boxtops]

REME is Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (army) so if the TRI is something to do with 3, that makes sense.

[turnerjmw]

It's T + R (recipe=take) + I (one) + REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)

[lesleyhoyes]

That makes sense - thanks

[bathtub]

I can only make sense of ZEND by assuming that Araucaria is referring to the Zend (Avesta), which is (loosely and I think erroneously) the Parsee 'bible'; 'lasts' is a reference to 'z' and 'end'; and then we have Zen + d, already explained. So I guess it's an attempt at a single definition with a double wordplay, or something like that.

Araucaria's offering was good fun as ever, but once or twice on this occasion his 'libertarian' style came close to taking liberties, I thought.