Eccentric, Note Grasmere, For Example

[satprof]

Sunday Express Alphapuzzle cryptic clue.

[emmie]

uncommon???

[Toorak]

Flake

[emmie]

F lake, ok i get that

[bobbinwales]

Flaky is more likely If a lake can be said to be laky?

[bobbinwales]

Grasmere also has a weir so weird ...or is it wierd?

[emmie]

no its def flake.

[satprof]

Unless it's shown later that it should be 'flaky', Toorak gets the gong.

There are two possible locations for flake, both ending with 6. A bit of letter-counting and some trial-and-error looks to be the order of the day.

[bobbinwales]

OK if everyone's convinced by flake I'll stop suggesting . Just wasn't sure an eccentric was a flake

[emmie]

its right Bobb.

[Toorak]

noun: flake; plural noun: flakes
2.
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
a crazy or eccentric person.

[bobbinwales]

OK I don't do American English. ( OK I don't even do British English...)

[davebro]

I thought Blake - he was a bit eccentric to say the least.

[Dandyd01]

Going round incircles with this one. Help

[davebro]

Flake is the down word in the left hand bottom corner

[aelmpvw]

do you not like flake Dandy?

[mouseymick]

Flake .. 12,14,3,9,6 .. Q is 7. More difficult today, easy to ‘go off’ looking at (16,3,23,24,6,23,16) …. Good luck.