i have finished the prize crossword but still cannot fathom the reasoning behind certain answers,anyone (and i know there will be multitudes) out there please put me out of my misery.
17across.collection of myths put together for circulation,incomplete (4)..answer Edda..why?
21 across. Admire Pound as a poet (7)...answer Marvell..why?
6down.Poet anon penning 'Jenny'?..answer can only be Sassoon..again why?
Had similar problems to Cloudpirate, so can I join this thread? 1a: Dancer's postures - bent perhaps, intricately intertwined (10) -r-b-s---s. Looks like ARABESQUES but cannot relate to clue except in definition.
22a: Best food is fancy (7) c???i?e. Looks like CUISINE - but where's the cryptic element?
As well as a bent dance posture, an Arabesque is....
An intricate or elaborate pattern or design: "the fluctuating shapes of a cloudscape, the complex arabesque of a camera movement, the blink of a character's eye"
Comment to Cryptomaniac and Cloudpirate -
1Ac : Dancer's postures - bent perhaps, intricately intertwined (10)
Bent = grass = foliage (See Chambers English)