saga august 09

[Horeston]

1 across two words 5 and 6 letters
"Odd restraint applied to popular Justice of the Peace"
Think the first word may be queer.

[marray]

queer cuffin (where do they get them from ?)

[Gordon 67]

1811 Dictionary of Slang, accessed online.

[Otleybard]

Thanks for that; I was about to make a fool of myself in the top RH corner!

[Horeston]

Thanks, would never have got that!

[sarumite]

I entered Q?E?R ?U?F?N into Chambers (on-line) Word Wizard yesterday and it gave me Queer Cuffin.

See here ~ http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/puzzl es/word_wizards/wwizards.py/main

When I then looked in the printed Chambers Dictionary, it was not to be found under Q... but was shown under Cuffin!