25D Why Omen

[jasperbd]

Eg sound of a thunder heard in moment

Omen?????

[mallyh]

mOMENT the thunder omen ...book title?

[Quizproquo]

An omen is a sign and thunder was once thought to be a sign from the gods.
Also it's in moment m(omen)t

[Cryptomaniac]

I'm also unhappy with this clue. Sure, I can see it - OMEN - as a hidden word, but ' heard' suggests a ' sounds like' type of clue. And 'a thunder' is pretty poor English! Is there something I can't see here?

[brainiac]

Just a duff clue, I think. What crossword is it from?

[Buenchico]

>>> And 'a thunder' is pretty poor English!

Not according to the OED, which recognises the use of the indefinite article there and cites examples from Shakespeare, Tennyson and others.

[Mamyalynne]

Hard Rain

Lyrics

Bob Dylan

//And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin'//

Warning = Omen

Possible?

[Cryptomaniac]

Brilliant, Mamya. Considering the theme(s) of this puzzle, Bob Dylan etc, that's what I was missing. Stick to my claim of poor English, though, despite OED's citing of long-dead poets. Anything goes for lyricists of modern music, tho'.

[Mamyalynne]

Of the references that did pop up, I stuck with that one simply because as you say Dylan featured in the puzzle - it will do for me.

Whether it's where the setter wanted us to go may be a different matter.