The Week 1405 by Gawdelpus

15th March 2024, 11:36

Hope, Bob: English lad made good (5)

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Thank you :)

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15th March 2024, 12:02

“Slade”. Both slade and hope mean “valley”. Cf Chambers.

Bob is s (shilling) followed by E lad “made good”.

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15th March 2024, 12:02

Slade and hope are both terms for a narrow mountain valley.

Can’t quite see the wordplay…

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15th March 2024, 12:05

Thank you!

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15th March 2024, 12:08

You’re welcome. It was a neat surface reading I thought. (Made up for the typo in 12a!)

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