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camasunary

26th December 2011, 13:03
Stupidly stuck on one clue - why is it always the short ones? 59Across - Girl heard on a porch?(5) _A_O_. I was working on it being a word for "porch" made up of 3 letters that sound like a girl's name + ON, but obviously not. Grateful for any help.
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chelle

26th December 2011, 13:05
answered previously as Carol (singers)
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camasunary

26th December 2011, 13:29
Thanks, I trawled through 35 pages of the forum but must have missed it.
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chelle

26th December 2011, 13:31
to be honest I may have seen it elsewhere, just didn't want to claim it as mine :)
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theambler

26th December 2011, 18:39
Hi Chelle and Camusary
Am i right in thinking that a carol is A SORT OF POrch Otherwise what is the cryp sig of PORCH??????
Kind Regs
THEA
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chelle

26th December 2011, 18:41
Hi

I don't know - I have seen it explained that you would hear Carol singers on the porch
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andyc

26th December 2011, 18:52
carol:an enclosure for study in a cloister etc.(archaic)
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theambler

26th December 2011, 19:21
Thanks AndyC
Good to get your confirmation BUT a bit abstuse as well as archaic
BTW 19dn "Your former lover--one feeding old mans fever"(7)
Ive got PYREXIA which is a fever but how does the whole clue crypt??
Kind Regs
THEA
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chelle

26th December 2011, 19:28
you = yr
former lover = ex
one = i
feeding (inside) old man = pa
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phillip

26th December 2011, 19:29
Hi THEAMBLER you old goat

your = yr
former lover = ex
one = i
feeding (inside) old man = pa

P) yr ex i (a
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