Clues of Repute [Spring 2009]
Six delightful clues from the last few months of solving. See if you can solve them, with the answers’ six initials needing to be mixed to spell your answer to the Bonus Clue. (And look for another Repute post on the weekend.)
1) Horse and cart back to front? It’s monstrous (5) [Puck]
2) Daffy Duck waddles at a funeral pace (4,4) [Brummie]
3) Opening sounds in minor key (6) [Times 8533]
4) Run in game towards first position – to win these? (8) [Punk]
5) UFO, say, circling above Britain (12) [Crux]
6) Advise leftie to keep comment short (9) [Times 8362]
BONUS CLUE: Worth reading, gripping yarn (6) [Gemini]
November 26th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
XXX WARNING – SPOILER ALERT XXX
The initials are an anagram of the final answer, they’re not in order.
(1,2, 5, 6 and the bonus solved, A possible answer for 4 but unsure of how it’s derived. Nothing for 3 yet.)
November 26th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Think I’ve worked out 4, just No. 3 to go
November 26th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Yay, just got no 3.
November 26th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Kudos. I’ll let a few more solvers muse the gallery before revealing the six (plus Bonus) in a day or so.
And yes, good point X: ANSWERS’ INITIALS NEED TO BE MIXED TO SPELL THE BONUS CLUE’S ANSWER.
[Have revised the intro accordingly.]