Sunday Times Prize Crossword 4482 Sunday April 22nd 2012

[fangster]

need some help please 10a old lady not topless with this french rope M???B?A?E, 5d it appears in extracts from author's works W???I???

[kayakamina]

ma in bra ce

[kayakamina]

5 wr it ings

[Flyhalf]

Wrings/it = writings

[fangster]

thanks guys i'm having a thick day

[MarkRae]

It was a bit of a quirky one today! 8d set my hackles rising - WHEY no more sounds like ("we hear") WAY than Wales sounds like whales or weather sounds like whether - very poor...

[kayakamina]

I'm not sure I agree with you MarkRae.

I think Way & Whey do sound alike. Chambers also pronounces both words the same 'way'.

[MarkRae]

Whey, whether and whales have an aspiration at the beginning - the others don't.

Hold the back of your hand up to your mouth and say them all - if you don't feel the breath of air with whey, whales and whether then you're not pronouncing them correctly...