Does Anybody Know The Answer To 7 Down On Crossword Number 39?

[awhnya]

no 39, 7 down(4) ?i??, the - something in winter pictured a particular thing going back to ten eleven

[jourdain2]

Lion ?

[Mamyalynne]

Looks like Jourdain has it.

Looks like N0 11 ,back

[fiction-factory]

It's the 10 bit that is confusing me- tha cold aso be the " io" in lion but then i can't see the eleven
Is ita ref to Lion witch and wardrobe- i can't see teh xmas bit

[fiction-factory]

If it's RTE 7a was stirfried so 7d should start with S. Maybe the 0 or 11 refers to clue 10 or 11

[fiction-factory]

Just reread my 18:55 post and noticed my keyboard was playing up.

i'll retype it:
I agree that lion looks like N0 i1 backwards but that doesn't explain the 10. The ten bit could give the " io" in lion but then I can't see where the eleven fits in and where the LN comes from

[jourdain2]

I was working from that wonderful film 'The Lion in Winter' - O'Toole playing Henry 11 and then the lettering made me think that it was correct. :)

[fiction-factory]

I'm sure the answer is indeed LION. The ten in the clue seems superfluous though- maybe it said number eleven or no. eleven rather than ten eleven

[Mamyalynne]

Lion is shown on the answers page now.

I took it as

Ten - (a) number - No
Eleven - li

both back

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. Was it RTE then Mamyalynne?

[Mamyalynne]

Yes - RTE39

[fiction-factory]

maybe the ten eleven is the year 1011?

[jourdain2]

Thanks for B.A. :)

[Mamyalynne]

Could be, just had a guess.

[fiction-factory]

The German king in 1011 was Henry 11 which made me wonder. I need to look at the Lion in Winter film- that was probably our later Henry 11 though who was 12th century.
I'm off track i think.
Just seems odd to use ten to indicate "No" but I have always been puzzled by some RTE clues

[fiction-factory]

I think clue was wrong as it said 1011 on another thread. These must have been references to other clue/solution numbers, the answer to 10 being Henry 11 so it makes a bit more sense to me now,

[fiction-factory]

Grrrr (that's my lion impression)
The actual clue said KING not thing.
The answer to 10 and 11 were Henry the second.
As if RTE isn't difficult enough with the correct clue, but I do like a challenge.