bare bones

[beerbelly]

20a) to get ship into river's the reverse of cunning ?
S?Y?E?S
cant decide .... slyness / shyness
ss is ship ..but lost on the rest of it ....
can anyone explain !!

[kosoro]

Hi b b

 I've gone for shyness I don't think slyness is reverse of cunning

[kazizere]

Not too sure b b, but to me looks as though it should be shyness. kaz.

[kosoro]

I'm stuck on 11a across can you help

[gen2]

I reckon it is slyness for the following logic:

'to get ship into river's the reverse of'   implies
get river's into ship.  As you say, ship is SS
There is a river Lyne in Cumbria so river's = LYNES
 = S LYNES S

whole answer means cunning.

 

[beerbelly]

point taken KOSORO but knowing bare bones
cunning could be the operative word
like you ,i was leaning towards shyness
but not sure why

[kosoro]

I'll go along with that answer gen2 Thanks

[beerbelly]

11a) = on the wrong track