Inquisitor 134

[judypark]

34 d. An OAP recollected dead of WW1. NAP?O .Sure the answer is napao, but can find no dictionary reference to this word.

[sarumite]

Chambers shows napoo (World War 1 sl) good for nothing; dead.

I don't entirely see how this fits the clue though?

[amalgam]

napoo is a WW1 slang word meaning dead (Chanbers). I don't understand the cryptic bit of the clue, though, substituting O for A.

[judypark]

Thankyou both, I found napoo in the Bradfords under "dead" but really cannot understand the setter's wordplay.

[MLN:RUGBY]

On another site, Charybdis has apologised for the error in this clue. It should start "No OAP..."

[mad max]

Hi judypark, just going to post the same question, thanks to MLNRUGBY all sorted,
mad max.

[judypark]

Thanks for that, I had wondered if it might have been a typo. I seem to remember that in the early days of Inquisitor these were an almost weekly occurrence.

[Totterdown]

Will they take into account all those who sent it in with with the answer NAPAO because people did not know of the printing error?

[Mysterons]

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