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Times Cryptic 26874

markbuswell | 14:32 Sun 05th Nov 2017 | Crosswords

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5ac. Wild woman, crazy, eating a nut (6). M?E?A? I get MAENAD but can't parse it. Any help much appreciated.

Rte Guide

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic

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pixie374

Dame with an

pixie374

That's wrong...sorry x

goodgoalie

I was puzzled with this, too. Looks like MAD (crazy) round ENA or AEN, but is ena or en a nut??

Mamyalynne

Mad around A + En (Nut)

Mamyalynne

http://www.encyclo.co.uk/meaning-of-En%20(nut)

pixie374

Is en a nut?

pixie374

Ah... psychic :-). Thank you xx

markbuswell

Question Author

Yeah, I'm with you goodgoalie. Got the MAD bit but just couldn't work out the rest!

shoota

En (nut)

 A unit of space or type measurement in typesetting and printing. An en or nut is equivalent to half an em space measured on width, e.g. in 10pt an en is 10 points high by 5 points wide.
(Thought everyone would have known that.....) ;-)

goodgoalie

Blimey, that's a new one on me - not in Chambers! Thanks

Mamyalynne

Did the link not work?

pixie374

I clearly need to do more research on nuts :-)