Daily Mail Crossword Wednesday

[suechu]

Morning AB'ers - help please with 7d. Spooner's bushy vegetation increased form of security (4,5):

g-u- s-r-w

So presumably the answer is grub screw - can't work out why though? Is it a spoonerism for 'scrub grew' i.e. bushy vegetation?

[dannyk13]

Grub screw

[dannyk13]

Spoonerism Shrub grew

[emeritus]

Yes Exactly as you have described

[suechu]

Tks Danny, still don't get the 'shrub grew' spoonerism though - there's no 'h'!

[emeritus]

Its Scrub Grew

[dannyk13]

Sorry. my typo

[penelope2]

Is this a true spoonerism? Where does the 'sh' in Shrub come from.

[suechu]

Ah ok thanks Emeritus, I must start getting out more, this has been obsessing me the past hour.

Cheers, Sue x

[dannyk13]

See Emeritus above