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Sun 11 Apr, 2010 10:21 pm
Hi everyone,
This problem isn't with the Lovatts mags, it's with the Sunday Times cryptic in the Weekend Australian, so I hope you don't mind me picking your brains!
The clue is:
Old actor tense without modern actress and singer. (no commas etc)
The pattern is:
-A-C-E-T
Here's hoping you can help me as I've been trying all kinds of ways of working it out!
regards
anng
@anng,
Hi anng
These are all the words I can make from your letters. Anything there to fit the clue?
@Dutchy,
Hi anng
These are all the words I can maked from your letters, anything to fit your clue?
1. bancwest
2. danciest
3. fanciest
4. fatchett
5. gauchest
6. hanchett
7. hatchett
8. marchent
9. matchett
10. nalcrest
11. pancreat
12. patchett
13. sarchett
14. sauciest
15. warchest
Hi Dutchy,
Sorry I didn't reply earlier. I came home from my son's place 160km away and I'm getting too old for these journeys - they take me days to get over!!
Thank you for looking up all those words for me.
None of them seemed to fit the clue did they.
Today when I looked at the answer - I still can't see how the answer fit the clue......the answer was.....TAUCHERT....
I've just googled it and Arthur Tauchert was an early actor....hence the first part of the clue. Unfortunately I don't know how they got the rest.
Thank you for your help.
regards
anng
@anng,
Hi anng
CHER would be the modern singer/ actress in the answer to the clue.
Cheers
Dutchy.
@anng,
TAUT being "tense"......"without" implying "outside".
@anng,
thats gotta be the epitome of cryptic
TAUT without CHER
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentimental_Bloke
@oolongteasup,
...especially since Tauchert was Australian.
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