In Love Male Takes Unknown Female Out

[ambroise]

H?m?

[donny48]

home

[aelmpvw]

home

[elliemay1]

home

[dannyk13]

Home

[dannyk13]

Unnamed not unknown:-
o(love) +m(male) inside he(n) (female)

[Old_Geezer]

That's why I don't find these clues easy. It just seems wrong. To me it clearly states that one is to put something into a word that means 'love'. The something is related to 'male' and 'take'. And finally before putting them in you have to take out letters for a word meaning 'unnamed female'. I don't see any alternative rational interpretation. It's like the setter couldn't be bothered to create the clue properly so just dumped everything in and thought, "That'll do".

[dannyk13]

OG- In means at home- love = o, m=male, hen = female, unnamed = minus n, oy means outside.Sorry, but it all makes sense.

[dannyk13]

^out^ not oy.

[Mamyalynne]

I think O_G is just having one of those days Danny - we all have them :-)

[aelmpvw]

... only if it ends in a y

[Mamyalynne]

Don't you start...

[dannyk13]

:-)

[Old_Geezer]

I see how you're getting it, but I don't see that the clue indicates that you should do that. That can surely only come from experience/knowledge that the clue has been left muddled up and misdirecting.

[Mamyalynne]

It does take a while and experience to fathom how cryptic clues work yes, and having the actual puzzle/grid helps too.