Radio Times 32

[Glanrhos]

6d - Grating sound sound sound (5) ?r?a? I note that previous answers given are either great (sounds like grate) or creak. I would opt for great but who knows?

[writesbad]

difficult one, because a sound is a creek, and a creaking sound is grating!

Good luck

[Glanrhos]

Thanks writesbad, one can only try and try again.

[CatGirl4]

I disagree,creak is a sound.Not creek.

[writesbad]

Dear Catgirl4

Please be friends and let's not disagree
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_(geography) -
A "sound" is also an inlet from the sea, like a creek
xx

[boxtops]

Good point writesbad, I hadn't spotted that meaning myself.

[writesbad]

Thanks, BT. Isn't the English language wonderful?

[boxtops]

Someone told me once that it's a nightmare to learn, with different meanings and different pronunciations for the same letter combos (e.g. cough, bough, nought... etc)!

[marray]

thanks for jogging my old memory, Boxtops. I remember a teacher telling us how foreigners find English hard to learn. He quoted the famous lines ...with a quirky change "Underneath the mistletoe bough (buff)
Stands a boy with a hacking cough (cow)"

[boxtops]

...with the wrong pronunciations, gives a completely different picture!

[JMR27]

I would go for creak. Grating sound = creak, which sounds like creek which is a sound.

[writesbad]

haven't heard back from CatGirl4 yet....

[writesbad]

...but if JMR27 agrees, it must me right

[margaretta]

none of this waffle answers the question!

[writesbad]

sorry for wittering on, Margaretta. The answer must be "creak"

[inquisition]

As 11a is "emmental" that gives the "A" as the 4th letter of 6d, therefore it must be "creak"

[puzzlebabe]

I agree with writesbad, and think that the answer is "creak".

You need to split up the clue like this: first find a meaning for "grating sound", which is "creak". The second occurrence of the word "sound" is telling us that "creak" sounds like (or is a homophone for) the one of the meanings of the third occurrence of "sound",
which is "creek".

Best wishes, Rosie

[minotaur333]

As a musician, "sound sound sound" and the letters _r_a_ fit TRIAD, a three note chord.
But I guess CREAK is right with this dodgy (copyright Norman Vaughan!!!) clue.