Inquisitor 1554

[professorplum13]

42a Office set up by Siemens (5) REA?S

[ProfessorMaisie]

REARS (office = toilet).

[professorplum13]

Thank you fellow Professor!

[ProfessorMaisie]

Maisie to you prof.

[Canary42]

Thanks Maisie, that's been really bugging me.

[ProfessorMaisie]

...and to you too canary42 (I've just got back from a day out).

[fiction-factory]

I've never heard the term office for toilet but even so I can't see the rest of the wordplay/definition or see where Siemens fits in

[ProfessorMaisie]

fiction-factory -
'office' is American slang for a toilet.
'set up' (verb) = 'rear'
S is the abbreviation for Siemens
I'm pretty sure Chambers will confirm the above but I haven't got a copy to hand at the moment.

[Neveracrossword]

ProfessorM, yes, Chambers gives 'office - euphemism for lavatory' (No mention of it just being American) and S for 'siemens (SI unit).

[ProfessorMaisie]

Thank you Neveracrossword - I don't know why I thought it was an Americanism.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. I never thought of 'set-up' as rears. Bring up yes

[fiction-factory]

^ I meant set up as REAR not REARS

[Neveracrossword]

My Chambers was handy, so I was happy to check. I knew office/lavatory/toilet, but couldn't have said if it was British, American, anything in particular!

[Neveracrossword]

FF, Rear = set up is also listed in Chambers.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Thanks again Neveracrossword.