Local cryptic - don't get it

[siggsy]

Because quietly i nearly ring the number (7) A?P???N - I think it is AS P I RIN but don't get the number bit

[MarkRae]

AS = because
P = quietly
I = I
RIN = nearly ring
Aspirin is a 'number' i.e. something which makes you numb...

[Hopkirk]

I'm sure you are right, but why does P =quietly?

[roboanna]

number as in painkiller

[roboanna]

number as in painkiller

[mike11111]

P short for piano (Italian for quiet, used in musical notation).

[factor-fiction]

P is 'quiet' in music, i think, bibblebub

[Hopkirk]

Aaah. I get it now.

[siggsy]

Brilliant - thanks very much (I couldn't see for looking!)
Got another that is probably easy too -Wild bone in the river (4) E?R? - I have EBRO but am not sure how!

[Hopkirk]

Bibblebub?

[DTCwordfan]

no wonder its a local cryptic......a norfolk paper perhaps?

[UncleMeleager]

It looks like the clue has been misprinted and should read bore for bone (think Severn Bore) which would make the reading of the clue rather better.

[siggsy]

Not even close DT - Liverpool (la)

[mike11111]

That's naughty! Poor Norfolk folk, coming in for all this stick!

[mike11111]

There is a river Ebro in either Spain or Portugal.

[DTCwordfan]

there's not a river ebro in Norfolk - how about the inebriated river?

[bibblebub]

i wonder what sort of dreams factor30 has about me

[factor-fiction]

Sorry hopkirk- I'm so used to seeing bibblebub on the crossword threads

[DTCwordfan]

I agree bibblebub is such a good resource for answers to the bizarre and obtuse

[siggsy]

Thanks all ...