I have completed today's Times (Prize) Crossword, knowing that all the answers are correct, and I am not interested in entering the Prize Draw. There are, however, two clues that are irritating me...
3 Queries today:- 1) "If B was Brown and C was Cameron....oh dear!" (6) D----- 2) "Model married unhappily" (7) A-M-R-R The word play and the checked letters shown make it obvious that the answer is...
Venus, perhaps for whom love means nothing (6,6) T-N-E- P-A-E-
Why is the answer TENDER PLANET and, if it is, what on earth does TENDER PLANET mean?...
1) PM out to stop leaks from top of the House? (8) -H-T-H-R. The answer is obviously THATCHER, but I'm not impressed by the wordplay - particularly the second word of the clue (out). Any explanations?...
2 oddies this time. I'm beginning to think there may be a misprint in each of these clues but, more likely, I'm just being dim. 1) "Model worked hard but not using head (5) O_L_D. The wordplay...