KEITH'S CROSSWORD

[llamekuf]

25A

Scots for if sounds like French for station.

G * R

[sandyRoe]

Gar?

[Wharton]

gar

[factor-fiction]

I think GAR may mean station

[dannyk13]

Gar ( sounds like gare)

[llamekuf]

Thank you SANDYROE, WHARTON, FACTOR30 and DANNYK13.
But, anyone got any evidence that it is Gar?

[factor-fiction]

?

[sandyRoe]

http://www.scotslangu...om/articles/words/587

[factor-fiction]

Have you typed the clue exactly a sit appears, llamekuf.

[HowardKennitby]

I don't see GAR as meaning 'if'. It is usually GIN.

[dannyk13]

Express Wordnaster gives Scots for if as gif or gin ( neither of which sound like French for station i.e gare.

[mazie]

In my Scots Dictionary Gar is given thus

"an old fashioned or literary word meaning to make or cause someone to do something."

[Wharton]

I think it's a typo. Gar also means filth or slime (substitute whiff for if?)

[mazie]

and it gives if as Gin

[Wharton]

However the 'g' & 'r' are correct. The prize for this crossword is whisky, maybe the compiler has sampled some of the prize before this week's compilation!!

[mazie]

lol Wharton. You may have hit the nail on the head !

[llamekuf]

Thank you SANDYROE
WHARTON
FACTOR30
DANNYK13
HOWARDKENNITBY and
MAZIE.

[Duncer]

Jeez guys, I wish I had found this earlier as I've spent ages with the Scots-English dictionary and a sore head.