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Skeleton Crossword

mensamoo8 | 00:49 Mon 09th Jan 2017 | Crosswords

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Skeleton crossword. How is UNDERLING parsed for 7d please??

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JJ109

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I'm sorry - I like to be exact on these things and I still haven't expressed it correctly. Third attempt! In the clue 2 refers to 2d where the answer is 'sugar" and 5 refers to the 5th letter of the alphabet = "E" Therefore Not = Un 2 = sugar = darling 5 = E Therefore But 5 for a = swap an "E for an "A" Therefore darling becomes "derling" un + derling = underling (minion)

04:09 Mon 09th Jan 2017

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1ozzy

Yes, Jo, I'm quite the minion ;-/

I have no idea at all ;-(

JJ109

We are all assuming that "underling" is correct, as a minion is an underling, but nobody, including me, can parse it. What letters do you have for underling? Could it possibly be something else?

JJ109

Not = UN
Sugar = Darling
but 5 = E fifth letter

un + derling

Oldred

e is the fourth letter

shoota

abcd E

Mamyalynne

I have to say well done for a valiant effort in some unscrambling there...........

But am I also allowed to say , it's a lousy clue and reminds me why I packed the skeleton in years ago.

Oldred

appreciate that shoota but thought that JJ was suggesting e for the fourth letter in underling (a route I had already been down). Realise now suggestion is substitute for 'a'. Probably best solution but very obscure.

JJ109

Thanks Mamyalynne and Sorry Oldred I didn't explain very well first time.

In the clue 2 refers to 2d where the answer is "sugar". 5 refers to "E" the fifth letter of the alphabet.

Not = Un
2 = sugar = darling
5 = e
but = swap "E" for another letter, in this case the "A" of darling
therefore
un + derling = underling (minion)

JJ109

That last line should have read "but "5" for "A"

1ozzy

Well done JJ.

Along with Mamya I'm not overly impressed with the clue.

You have done well to make some sense out of it.

JJ109

I'm sorry - I like to be exact on these things and I still haven't expressed it correctly. Third attempt!

In the clue 2 refers to 2d where the answer is 'sugar" and 5 refers to the 5th letter of the alphabet = "E"

Therefore
Not = Un
2 = sugar = darling
5 = E
Therefore
But 5 for a = swap an "E for an "A"
Therefore darling becomes "derling"
un + derling = underling (minion)

1ozzy

I think you have explained it well 3 times now JJ.

Top effort!!!!

mensamoo8

Question Author

Thanks for your answers. I finally parsed at 2am this morning. It remains however a bloody awful clue and most of us could do better.

mensamoo8

Question Author

Mamya and Ozzy.... so true.

dannyk13

Typical Skeleton clue.You just have to get used to them.

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