Speccie 2642

[Tilly2]

I just can't fathom these last two.

12ac. Litotes newspaper plugs seem so funny. ?EI??ES

8dn. Votes against holding large crowns for bard. N?LE?

Help please.

 

 

[Neveracrossword]

8 Noes, votes against. Holding large = put L inside. Noles, crowns for bard, Shakespeare.

[Tilly2]

/Noles, crowns for bard, Shakespeare./

Can you explaing that please, NAC?

[Neveracrossword]

12 Meioses, means the same as Litotes (understatements). Anagram, funny,  of 'seem so', with 'i', newspaper inside (plugs).

[Tilly2]

I have 12ac now. Thank you.

[Neveracrossword]

Tilly, nole is an old (Shakespearean/bard)word for the top of the head, crown...

[Tilly2]

I didn't know that. (How come I didn't know that!)

 

Not bad answers, NAC. Thank you 😀

[Tilly2]

An ass's nole I fixed on his head.

[Matakari]

 

Tilly, I am pleased, I did get Meioses as plural form of Litotes, and Noles
verifiable in Chambers under Noll, Shakespeare and Spencer for top
of the head.

[Neveracrossword]

Tilly, glad I could help.

Matakari, glad for the added confirmation...

[Tilly2]

All done now but one of my unclued answers is 'goose egg'.

[Tilly2]

...how does that fit in the theme?

[Neveracrossword]

Tilly2, Chambers says... 'a zero score', so it fits in perfectly well!

[Tilly2]

Thank you, again. Guess who didn't look in Chambers.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Tilly2. You did crosswords for so long without Chambers, it's not become second nature - yet! - to check....

[Matakari]

Yes, Tilly2, apart from the "zero score" in Chambers, Google gave me the list of all the Unclueds in "list of words that mean nothing".

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks for that, Matakari. I would only use Google as a very last resort, I enjoyed tracking down all the nothing words yesterday! 

[Tilly2]

I'm obviously not researching properly. Chambers and Google from now on.😄

[Neveracrossword]

Chambers is great, Tilly2, save Google for totally desperate times....

[Neveracrossword]

Tilly2, I think my favourite Tilly story is when you mentioned 'purloining' a few (Spectator) answers as you passed through the threads...

[Tilly2]

😂 I'm not daft. If it isn't in my grey matter it must be somewhere else but that Chambers is so heavy, I can barely pick it up. AB is easier to 'lift'. He he, ha ha.