Another crossword clue
The Guardian crossword puzzle keeps right on culture-shocking me.
I posted here about a couple of recent clues that I am sure one would not have found in a comparably mainstream US crossword puzzle.
Today I encountered this one:
He's studied what blows smoke through hole. (7 letters)
Solution
He's studied what blows smoke through hole: ALUMNUS. "He's studied" is ALUMNUS". "What blows smoke" is LUM (UK slang for "chimney"). And LUM is "through hole" because "hole" is .... you see it now, right?
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I posted here about a couple of recent clues that I am sure one would not have found in a comparably mainstream US crossword puzzle.
Today I encountered this one:
He's studied what blows smoke through hole. (7 letters)
Solution
He's studied what blows smoke through hole: ALUMNUS. "He's studied" is ALUMNUS". "What blows smoke" is LUM (UK slang for "chimney"). And LUM is "through hole" because "hole" is .... you see it now, right?
This entry was originally posted at https://wotw.dreamwidth.org/141081.html. Please comment there using OpenID. I'll read comments here too, but if you have a choice, I prefer them there.