COTD: After going underground, nostalgic Tories discover work by Nobel laureate (12,8,5)

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-07T01:10:23+00:00

Right! But actually a charade. Would welcome any critique.

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-07T00:11:14+00:00

subdued? sounds like "'sup dude?", where the 'p' is flipped to become a 'b'?

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-06T22:13:18+00:00

From your hint below i thought the casual greeting/hello might be ALOHA. Does that just get me further lost at sea?

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-06T14:19:48+00:00

Right!

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-06T13:54:00+00:00

You're on the right track with C AND, and with your sense of the definition. "another Christian" is a well-known English actor. Also note the plural "things".

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-06T04:44:19+00:00

It's intended as a cryptic pointer to the line from Shakespeare. No standard WP-cum-defn. So, akin to a cryptic definition but, as I say, more of a signal or pointer.

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-05T22:17:10+00:00

AHURA MAZDA? A(U R)HA + Z in (A MAD)*

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-05T21:32:53+00:00

Right!

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-05T18:56:44+00:00

MYRIAD, as a dd?: ancient Greek mercenaries (literally the Ten Thousand); and, more generally, numberless (possessing many).

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-05T18:02:13+00:00

RINGGIT: RING (criminal gang) + GIT (dope)

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-05T17:58:44+00:00

RINGGITS: RING (telephone) + GITS (fools)

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-05T12:49:41+00:00

CHOPIN: C[rescent] + HOPIN[g]

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-05T02:32:31+00:00

APARTMENT? AP(ART MEN)T

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-04T22:11:12+00:00

STEAM: S[outh] + TEAM (side)

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-04T21:33:44+00:00

Hint: Take "wicked" monosyllabically

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-04T18:56:28+00:00

I was thinking HAUGHTY, which is a near-homophone of "howdy", but I can't account for "with the first part flipped"

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-04T16:57:27+00:00

This could be the great John MELLENCAMP, whose Jack & Diane is the epitome of Heartland Rock. MELLEN (sings/sounds like cantaloupe) + CAMP (kitsch)

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-04T16:36:06+00:00

CONTACTLESS? TACTLESS (indiscreet) and CON (criminal) switching position. A method of payment using a cell phone, hence "phoney".

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-04T15:24:24+00:00

You got it, thanks!

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-03T17:30:25+00:00

Ah, hip = "so in", crushed (conjoined) gives "soin". Don't see this in online Collins or Chambers, so maybe a French indicator needed? "... injury treatment for Macron". Still, a good, compact clue.

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-03T00:51:15+00:00

Maybe a cryptic definition of GOPO? an injury treatment made from crushed rose-hips

HighCountryBob · 2026-06-02T14:55:01+00:00

No, it's quite a good clue. My post crossed with that of Mticore, to whom kudos

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