Crossword Cle

[GolfDocAndy]

Roman figures in desert excahanging poet's cloak(5)
v?a?e

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1429814.html

[Davemano]

Can't make these letters to any word - is something not quite right?

[sandyRoe]

if you click on Mamyalynne's link you'll see 'Veale' is the answer

[Mamyalynne]

Veale - Poet.

[Davemano]

Thank you Sandy and M, I can see good reason in your answer but I may be a bit thick as I can't see how 'cloak' fits in.

[scorpiojo]

Cloak isn't in the clue on the link

[Mamyalynne]

I can't help as I didn't solve it and as Scorpio says 'cloak' is missing from the original.

[Davemano]

SJ Cloak is in the clue from GolfDocAndy at 1826hrs today

[scorpiojo]

Sorry Dave, not on the link posted by Mamya, so perhaps it's incorrect?

[Mamyalynne]

Unless Veale is pronounced 'Veil' (Cloak)?

[slaney]

In Chambers VEALE is given as Spenser's (poet) word for veil -cloak

[Mamyalynne]

Thanks for that.

[Davemano]

Thanks to all of you it now makes sense. I was beginning to think my Morrisons shopping had affected my brain - a most testing clue anyway I believe. Right, what's next?