Society & Culture2 mins ago
Guardian Prize
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The first T: "Shepherds steer into capital of Hautes-Pyrénées (3, 5)." The construction suggests OX in TARBES, but what the heck are tar boxes?
Otherwise all done, with the aid of a few hints here.
Otherwise all done, with the aid of a few hints here.
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From the OED again: tar-box, n: A box formerly used by shepherds to hold tar as a salve for sheep
05:50 Thu 29th Dec 2016
So the shepherds got called by the name of a piece of thir equipment? At least it isn't crooks? Seems there is a word missing in the construction.
All the same, I found this an unusually satisfying jigsaw puzzle to do. Even after getting both W and both S solutions (I found the longer ones in each surprisingly elusive), they gave me only a tiny patch in the SE. Addressing the rest required me to have solved well over half the clues before I could even begin. But the puzzle had that wonderful quality of acceleration, which is by no means guaranteed.
All the same, I found this an unusually satisfying jigsaw puzzle to do. Even after getting both W and both S solutions (I found the longer ones in each surprisingly elusive), they gave me only a tiny patch in the SE. Addressing the rest required me to have solved well over half the clues before I could even begin. But the puzzle had that wonderful quality of acceleration, which is by no means guaranteed.
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