Radio Times Prize Crossword 5

[paulrw1]

why is 7 across valet?

[mac44]

what's the clue?

[dannyk13]

What is the clue?

[mac44]

Snap. Good morning Danny.

[dannyk13]

Good morning Mac.

[elliemay1]

Has anyone the clue?

[paulrw1]

the clue is Servant's farewell to town

[aelmpvw]

paulrw1 has

[mac44]

farewell is vale t is town.

[elliemay1]

vale can mean farewell +t(town)

[aelmpvw]

vale = farewell + t for town

[elliemay1]

Synonyms for vale
noun valley
adieu dale dell dingle farewell

[Quizmonkey]

The clue is unsound. Vale is Latin for farewell which is fine, but T is not a recognised abbreviation for town (i.e. not listed in Chambers).

[paulrw1]

thanks Quizmonkey

[elliemay1]

May have been better to say, ' Servant says farewell to first town'

[dannyk13]

Here
Abbreviations & Acronyms for Genealogy - The Accepted - Geni www.geni.com/projects/Abbreviations-Acronyms-for-Genealogy-The-Accepted/… Don't know your password? ... abbreviation; abd. ...... T. town township

[mac44]

from allacronyms.com

The list of 3 abbreviations for Town

twn. Town
Genealogical, Genealogy

tn. Town
Genealogical, Genealogy

T Town

[Quizmonkey]

Don't care what it says on the internet - Chambers is the standard reference! To be fair you could find that almost anything is true online. Elliemay: 'Servant's farewell to town's first' would be evern better (the apostrophe-s on Servant's indicating 'is').

[dannyk13]

The word pedantic springs to mind.

[Quizmonkey]

Not at all - ask any other professional compiler whether 'town' is a sound indicator for the letter T. And as for pedantry, you can call it that if you like but accuracy and consistency would be better - cruciverbalism is all ABOUT the minutiae of language.

[elliemay1]

^ Servant is farewell... doesn't make sense to me.