Guardian 23961

[ulysses100]

Kayakamina, I see that you have posed the same question. What is the answer to 16dn ?
It may appear to be the end of many soldiers
_ N _ E _T _ R

And why is 19dn orache ?

[kayakamina]

I'm glad i'm not the only one. I keep coming back to inventor for no good reason other than the OR (soldiers).

Tentatively I have Creche for 19d

Cheers K

[ulysses100]

I agree that creche is a better answer meaning nursery but how to get that from the clue ?

[ulysses100]

.......and, similarly, hombre for 1ac ?

[kayakamina]

I thought BR (bedroom) in Home for Hombre.

[ulysses100]

It can only be hombre, but it's a poor clue.

[kayakamina]

Agree -very poor.

I have to leave it there for now. If you have any thoughts please post them and i'll check in later.

Kettledrum is away until the middle of next week so no input from there!

Thanks. K

[swannbaker]

Anteater surely .

[ulysses100]

nice one swannbaker !
We weren't thinking of soldier ants at all !

[dzug]

I'm a bit puzzled. Is Answerbank playing up?

Unless I've missed it, this is the first Guardian query today but Kakaymina has apparently already asked a question? Can someone guide me to it please?

[Westwoodho]

I've looked through all today's questions and haven't found any other Guardian ones.

[ulysses100]

dzug and Westwoodho ---
in answer to your query Answerbank is not playing up.
Kayakamina placed a question on another thread about the Guardian which I happened to pick up.

[porilo]

I thought 1a was an excellent clue. Maybe because I could actually relate the answer to the clue. If you're "in" then you're "HOME" and "BR" (bedroom) is penetrating, giving HOMBRE. Well done Enigmatist.