Rufus In Today's Guardian

[joggerjayne]

7d. Foreign Office has its back to the wall (6) _ U _ E _ U

It has to be BUREAU, but I can't work out why.

[Sam1960]

bureau

[joggerjayne]

That simply HAS to get Best Answer !

[Lie-in King]

Double meaning, a foreign "office" & it would be set with its back to the wall

[Sam1960]

thank you jj
good luck

[joggerjayne]

Gaaaaahhhh!!!!

(smack!) ... thanks, LIK ... I was looking at all combinations of the letters backwards.

Duuh me!

[Lie-in King]

Lol, you're welcome :-)

[writesbad]

so BA to LIK, by popular acclaim....

[joggerjayne]

Well, yes, WB

Correct, and most helpful, answer from LIK.

But giving an answer which is already part of the question made me think "Ha! Brilliant!" ... and thus achieved an instant BA

[Lie-in King]

Quite right too :-))

[joggerjayne]

:o)

[writesbad]

You're so modest, LIK... ;-)

[joggerjayne]

Oh, cripes ... I've just realised ...

This is not today's paper ... it's yesterday's.

I haven't even looked at today's paper yet.

[Psybbo]

Hey I only do the sudoku and the Quick crossword

[writesbad]

JJ = do you want us to stay up all night in case you need help?

[joggerjayne]

WB ... ya, that would be fab!

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