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[ladyalex]

11 a Musician in prison? (7)
I have L?L?I?T
Can you explain the answer please as I really struggle with cryptics ?
Thanks

[Diane1954]

Are your leters right? I don't do this crossword but celloist would spring to mind.

[Diane1954]

Sorry cellist

[spitza]

can it be cellist?

[porilo]

I've got CELLIST. Prisons have cells and someone who is in a cell could be a cell-ist. That was my reasoning. Are you sure your 5d is correct? I've put ALEC, as in "smart Alec".

[ladyalex]

I think it must be cellist, so I must have the first letter wrong !
The clue was Smart man (4) which I thought was ABEL. Looks as though it has to be A?EC for cellist.
Which I guess would be ALEC
Thanks.

[ladyalex]

Thanks everyone.
I am going to get better at these one day ...but it may be a good while off.

[factor-fiction]

Abel?

[ladyalex]

smart =able sounds like Abel in Cain and Abel

Contorted I know, but then sometimes the clues are