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Mahonia...Azed 1,758

Quizmonster | 07:53 Thu 09th Feb 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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Did you get anywhere with the crossword after my suggestions on Monday? I ask because I finally got the time yesterday to have a proper go at it and it is now completed. Let me know if you - or others - want any further information on it. Cheers

times sat cryptic b4 last - Ibiza - why??

Yorkshire Post General Knowledge Crossword

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Andy Cheever

Hi Quizmonster
I too have finished it (I think), but for the clue....Once poorly placed etc, I have ILL BESTEAD and cannot find this in Chambers under its second element. Also, how does its clue lead to MISCHALLENGE (Isaac S.? Is this Sterne?
Thanks

Quizmonster

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Hi, Andy. 'Isaac S' is clearly a Jewish name and so is 'Mischa E'...ie the latter is 'like' the former. When you put 'Mischa...e' around the 'flighty' (anagram) of 'Nell G' you get 'mischallenge'.
The other one, 'illbestead' is correct...'ill' = I'll followed by the word 'be' as in the clue+anagram (messed up) of 'a set' + 'd', the abbreviation for 'degree'.
Chambers does list 'bestead', stating it means (quote): "situated (usually with ill, hard etc)", so that fits the clue perfectly.
Hope these help explain. Cheers

Andy Cheever

Mischa E. - of course now you mention it and as for ILL BESTEAD, I must learn to read the dictionary properly. The hardest job now will be to write the prize-winning clue!
Thanks again

Quizmonster

Question Author

I never send the clue-writing answer-grids in, personally, Andy, having gone into a lasting huff about them years ago!
I once submitted such a clue, which was virtually word-for-word identical to the one offered by a prolific earlier prize-winner. We'd used the same approach, the same anagram, the same literary reference and whatever. If I'd been judging, I'd have thought in the circumstances: "Let's give the dosh to somebody new for a change!" But that's not what happened...he got it again!
B@s*~+^s!
Actually, his clues are invariably superb, so my response was pure sour grapes, but what can you do with a grievance other than nurse it, eh? Good luck with your clue, though.

mahonia

Thanks for your help, Quizmonster. Yes, I finished it a couple of days ago - my last one to solve was perogi which I'd deduced from the clue but then had trouble finding the dictionary entry under pierogi. I haven't yet had time to do a clue, but hope to come up with something in time!

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