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queen annes ?e?d

Thanks, think it must be Queen Annes Dead

Queen Annes Legs?

I was stuck on this too as 55 across looks like 'sadder'. think it must be queen annes bead which is , I think, a type of lace

let me correct the above - it is queens annes dead - never heard of it but here it is !

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/5004/where-does-the-idiom-queen-anne-is-dead-come-from

Many Years ago, before the 2nd World War, I believe, The Times published the interesting information "Queen Anne is dead" meaning it to be the anniversary of her death, not a piece of hot news.

However it was taken to be The Times being way behind the times and was greeted with much mockery at the time.

I do hope this helps.