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thumbscrew | 09:30 Sun 17th Jun 2012 | Crosswords
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11ac. Anticipate having pope's cwown given back? (5) A?A?T. I assume cwown should read crown, and it is a misprint. I think the answer is await but I can not see the pope bit.
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Tiawa backwards
tiara becomes tiaWa(cWown ... crRown) then backwards
No, not a misprint, a lisp!
Yes, clue should be CWOWN and answer is definitely AWAIT
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Many thanks each
Is it a lisp or a rhotacism
Is it just me or do others think that is one of the stupidist clues ever?
Definitely rhotacism. A lisp is when the letter 's' is pronounced like the voiceless 'th'.
Like this :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjF7GMP28X8
Thanks Mark - that is so funny.

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