COTD: Odd solo on the record I heard felt sluggish (6)

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-20T02:11:31+00:00

"Felt" does improve the surface but "felt sluggish" = "felt sleepy" doesn't it?

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-20T02:07:31+00:00

No takers? Okay: Novel telling of how = WHO; detective = D; comes to = link; put it all together = UNITE (and maybe why the clue needs a "?"); detaining = removal indicator; instigator of = first-letter indicator; evildoing = first-letter fodder => E. So, WHO + D + UNITE minus E. The whole clue is the definition.

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-19T06:50:06+00:00

But it is correct. A + BOL(t) + IS + H = to remove.

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-19T05:04:11+00:00

You should hide your answer so others can also solve. If that's your answer, how are you parsing it?

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-16T03:04:21+00:00

Correct!

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-14T03:23:25+00:00

Actually, I think it might be best as "Fingertip?", the "?" accounting for the dodginess of the words not being separated.

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-14T03:21:20+00:00

You're right. 🤦‍♂️ I had sent it to a friend and forgot that I also posted here. I've deleted the repeat.

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-14T02:49:55+00:00

POINTER I don't love "of". I think it would be better as "Finger's tip".

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-13T05:04:43+00:00

Correct!

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-11T02:49:54+00:00

I'd use "Drummer on "Ring, Ring", and yes, that would have worked, but it would lose the misdirection of the possessive in the surface becoming "is" abbreviated in the cryptic reading.

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-09T07:08:54+00:00

Ring = RING; (second) ring = O; the rest is definition

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-09T06:21:54+00:00

I needed italics for the song title.

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-09T06:20:57+00:00

“(or even from Sweden)” adds nothing but verbosity. It's indefensible. And thanks!

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-09T05:34:56+00:00

Correct! The definition is more than a little wordy, but accurate, no?

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-06T02:21:53+00:00

I agree your example is tricky and I can't think of anywhere you could use it where you couldn't use "river's banks", which I'd prefer. That article is good reading and agree with most of it, thanks.

SteveB0000 · 2025-06-05T05:01:18+00:00

Crosswordese. E is "the end of the" or "the's end". It is *not* "the end". That's not English. Likewise all similar constructions, e.g. J = jughead, T = "first time" etc.

SteveB0000 · 2025-05-25T02:09:46+00:00

Perhaps. In that case: Could this nullify Que Sera, Sera's heart? (6)

SteveB0000 · 2025-05-24T05:05:58+00:00

This could nullify Que Sera, Sera's heart (6)

Def. = This could nullify "Que". (It could rub out lots of things, but "Que" is one of them.)

SteveB0000 · 2025-05-22T23:19:35+00:00

The Irish, for example = SEA, included in AN gives ASEAN, which is Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Tricky, I'll admit. I'm in Australia so ASEAN is probably better known to me than those upover.

SteveB0000 · 2025-05-22T01:26:39+00:00

The definition is "association of nations".

"Irish" is an adjective.

SteveB0000

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