Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

Thanks but what about this ? YELLOW DOG...novel by Martin Amis, published in 2003. Seems modern enough to me. DINGO featured in "The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo" by Kipling ! So, could we have a modern novel AND Kipling quote in the same clue ? Seems unlikely, knowing Araucaria's expertise, so does anybody have any ideas about this please.

Just noticed that Kipling refers to Yellow Dog Dingo in his story, so perhaps there isn't a Martin Amis connection after all ! Araucaria is very, very sneaky !

13,22 is a Kipling character from the Just So stories.

Can someone help me with the wordplay for 17dn in the right hand grid? I've got the answer for the definition "hate", but I can't see why.

peterm - this was discussed on Answerbank (crossword section) earlier today. Have a look there.

Embarrassed to say I'm stuck on 1a.

I have Soft Soap for the first part but I just can't see the latter part.
?M?R???

Thanks SL. I've had a look, but the explanation in AB is (to me, at least) inconclusive and not very persuasive. Can you offer anything better?

Ruth

Taking Umbrage = akin + mug (reversed) + brag within t[h]e

Do'h!

thanks peterm.

Yes Araucaria is that sneaky. 13 AC It is one of the modern novels (YELLOW DOG by Martin Amis), and it is also a Kipling character (YELLOW DOG DINGO) He combines the word LITTLE 20,22AC in the title of a Booker prize winning modern novel with a theological theme (same as elswhere, after all (s)he is everywhere)(20,22 AC) and the Dickens novel (22,20Down.

Be careful of 20,22 and 22,20down. If you have found your Dickens novel, then you will see that Araucaria has used the first word TWICE !...threw me for a while, so watch out.