geek_andy Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Anybody got 9a 11a and 4d? (Cryptic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 What are the clues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Haven't seen the above but nothing surprises me about this press outfit. I posted recently that the grid didn't match the clues in a Gazette Crossword yet they were able to announce a winner! That wasn't the first time this had happened when they assured me the crosswords are supplied by an agency. Last week's Gazette offered the palindromic answer POOP but the key word in the clue was 'desk' when it should have read DECK! As was written in a lengthy thread the other week, the paper is struggling and proof reading and checking are obviously things of the past! Staff are working under the 'profit motivated' Johnston Press - everything pared to the bone and then one wonders why mistakes happen (ideally, they shouldn't!)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_andy Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Sorry, the clues are: ACROSS 9. Grouse of sailor getting Russian aircraft into vessel (9) 11. Also a golf club or a firedog (7) DOWN 4. Marine mammal made hole on ground initially (6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 4. Marine mammal made hole on ground initially (6) Dugong - (filler text...............) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Sorry, the clues are: ACROSS 9. Grouse of sailor getting Russian aircraft into vessel (9) 11. Also a golf club or a firedog (7) DOWN 4. Marine mammal made hole on ground initially (6) 11 - andiron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 9. ptarmigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 4 down - Dugong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_andy Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Cracking words! Thanks for the help, I'll be honest - I'd never heard those words before, but now I know what they mean, that's what I love about crosswords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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