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2Dn :- Add extra material to half of Wagner's Ring, perhaps (7) L?R?N?R.
Having received no response to my question re The Week 1304 (wrongly cited as The Week 1234) at 18.29 this evening, I am concerned that I may have unwittingly broken some form of protocol or unwritten rule by having made a mild criticism of the setter of The Week crossword. If that is the case, I want to apologise profusely - it won't happen again.
I would still be grateful for help in being able to parse 12Ac to which the answer may be STRONG SUIT, but I can't see why.
Having received no response to my question re The Week 1304 (wrongly cited as The Week 1234) at 18.29 this evening, I am concerned that I may have unwittingly broken some form of protocol or unwritten rule by having made a mild criticism of the setter of The Week crossword. If that is the case, I want to apologise profusely - it won't happen again.
I would still be grateful for help in being able to parse 12Ac to which the answer may be STRONG SUIT, but I can't see why.
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Jim, Tim refers to his earlier post at 18.29, which has full details of the clue and his query.
21:09 Sun 27th Mar 2022
Thank you JimF for both your responses. I confess to feeling a bit lost about both of them : I don't understand LARDNER, and I don't understand what "You seem to have omitted a very important part here ...." means, with reference to 12Ac. I am trying to apologise, but seem to be digging a deeper hole for myself in doing so. PLease could you explain what I have done/omitted to do.
Thank you Jim F for trying to resolve my query.
Clubs, in bridge, is actually the WEAKEST of the four suits (Spades, Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs in descending order), which means "clubs perhaps" should not be identified as the Definition. I believe the intended Definition is actually "Good case" and that Strong Suit is poor wordplay. I also don't think it is reasonable to suggest "suit" is synonymous with case.
All in all, I just think it's a poor clue - but thank you for at least for eventually attempting to answer my question.
Clubs, in bridge, is actually the WEAKEST of the four suits (Spades, Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs in descending order), which means "clubs perhaps" should not be identified as the Definition. I believe the intended Definition is actually "Good case" and that Strong Suit is poor wordplay. I also don't think it is reasonable to suggest "suit" is synonymous with case.
All in all, I just think it's a poor clue - but thank you for at least for eventually attempting to answer my question.
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