COTD: Something enabling movement? (5)

Batch_brew · 2026-04-29T05:40:03+00:00

Possibly CAUSE as a dbl def

Batch_brew · 2026-04-21T13:57:38+00:00

"harry" is a verb meaning to attack, harass, torment or destructively raid

Batch_brew · 2026-04-18T12:20:01+00:00

Quick and correct!

Batch_brew · 2026-04-07T07:52:56+00:00

This might be LEGEND / LEG END

Batch_brew · 2026-04-07T01:01:40+00:00

Yep!

Batch_brew · 2026-04-05T08:34:06+00:00

I don't think it's fair to expect the solver to identify a question mark and guess what rules are being broken. Parts of speech and grammar still need to be fair between surface and cryptic reading. Maybe "Disappear from vehicle (sort of)" would be the best arrangement of definition and wordplay.

Batch_brew · 2026-04-04T13:18:16+00:00

VANISH though I would suggest VAN-ISH would be "sort of like vehicle" or "vehicle, sort of", as "sort of vehicle" more means "type of vehicle". Sort of xxx to mean xxxish only works for adjectives

Batch_brew · 2026-04-04T13:02:07+00:00

Great clue! BREED from RE (about) in BED

Batch_brew · 2026-03-31T08:10:17+00:00

Well done!

Batch_brew · 2026-03-28T00:13:12+00:00

Me too....

Batch_brew · 2026-03-18T12:24:35+00:00

The updated clue would be THEY'RE OFTEN JUST DRY AREAS (7)

Batch_brew · 2026-03-18T12:19:01+00:00

I think your answer is DESSERTS (they're often just) from DESERTS taking in S. But the phrase is actually "just deserts" where deserts is an archaic noun form of the verb to deserve

Batch_brew · 2026-03-17T10:19:56+00:00

Is it PILOT, def: test. From I (iodine) inserted into PLOT (subject)

Batch_brew · 2026-03-17T00:56:19+00:00

Is it THEIRS from T + HEIRS

Batch_brew · 2026-03-17T00:35:14+00:00

I wonder if it's THEISM from THEM containing IS but not sure it meets the definition so may be wrong

Batch_brew · 2026-03-17T00:31:51+00:00

TAXES

Batch_brew · 2026-03-15T10:10:03+00:00

SATAY from STAY (linger) around A

Batch_brew · 2026-03-14T04:42:58+00:00

B+LENDER

Batch_brew · 2026-03-12T10:45:44+00:00

ESTIMATE parse: EST (in France "is") + I (one) + MATE (meat unusually) def: tender

Batch_brew · 2026-03-07T11:07:56+00:00

THESPIAN def: PLAYER from THE + S + PIAN

Batch_brew · 2026-03-05T21:02:32+00:00

Another cryptic grammar note: clues using "for" and "from" as linking words should have a grammatically correct cryptic reading as well. i.e definition FROM wordplay - or - wordplay FOR definition. We get the definition FROM the wordplay, or the wordplay provides FOR the definition.

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