I Paper 2134

[mikey4444]

Can I check a couple please ?

18a....DVD bonus, for instance, boxing "Greatest", mostly in action )6,3)

EASTER EGG.....can't see how this is parsed or where the words are defined.

4d....Credit available for some Londoners (4,3,3)

?D?M ?N? E?E....adam and eve ?

[elliemay1]

4 Adam and eve cockney slang for 'believe'

[Toorak]

Eg around anagram of Greates(t)

[mikey4444]

Thanks you two !

But I have always thought that answers to cryptic clues have to be defined somewhere and I can't see where Easter Egg and Adam and Eve are defined anywhere ?

[mallyh]

adam and eve is cockney for believe, if that helps

[mikey4444]

Ah yes....can see that now....believe/credit !

[goodgoalie]

Mikey, an 'easter egg' is a hidden bonus feature on DVDs, that's the definition part of the clue

[elliemay1]

told you that at 12.12 !

[mikey4444]

Yes you did Ellie...It took a while for the penny to drop though !

I have never heard of the term Easter Egg being used for bonus bits from a DVD !

[elliemay1]

Sorry Mikey. I should have explained it better

[mikey4444]

Not at all Ellie....my fault for being a bit slow on the uptake !

I have noticed lately, that a lot of crosswords puzzles seem to have very obscure definitions. How many others people would know that use of the phrase Easter Egg ?

But I am not complaining....it will go into my little book. in case another compiler uses it !

[goodgoalie]

They certainly will, Mikey, and have before - that's how I found out about it!

[mikey4444]

lol GG !

[dannyk13]

Mikey- easter egg is a bonus on a DVD

[Jackdaw33]

I would never have got 18 if I tried till Doomsday. Shows how many DVDs I watch.

[mikey4444]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)