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Tilly2 | 09:47 Sun 15th Apr 2012 | Crosswords
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Years ago, possibly in the late eighties, I did a Guardian crossword which contained the following solution:
There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in.
But they're ever so small, that's why rain is thin.

I seem to remember that the whole of the clue was an anagram which led to this (Spike Milligan) poem. I did manage to get the answer, eventually, as this was in the days before Google et.al. I didn't even have a computer.

I thought it was absolute magic and have never forgotten that joy when I finally got the answer. I think it was Araucaria, although it may have been Bunthorne. Does anyone else remember this?

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Maroon thread, From the 80s and pretty sure it was Araucaria (6)
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Prudie, what's the maroon thread?
The clue was 'maroon thread' (6). My contribution to my favourite clue (that I can remember).
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Was the answer 'strand'?
It was. It was from the Saturday prize and I kept saying it to myself until about Wednesday when the answer finally came to me. Obviously not as hard as I thought. Still think it's clever.
Self confessed pirate? 4 letters
Smee
ABCDEFGPQRSTUVWXYZ (5 Letters)

Surely the answer to that should be drought as there is no H to O therefore no water.

My favourite clue is Ç (6)
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Mike, is that an ordinary 'c'.? It seems to have a squiggle under it on my page.
No, it has a squiggle, properly called a cedilla. That is the essence of the clue.
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I'm thinking! soft 'c', seasoft, French c, Spanish sea, french for see - voir.
Aw! help me out a bit please.
French c is a clue. Here are some letters: ?O?D?M.
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No......................! Not C?n?om! Fabulous clue.
That's it. The expression "French Letter" is somewhat dated these days so it might not be immediately apparent to everyone.
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Took me a while but got there with your help. Thank you.

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