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Ah, yes, I see it now.
It stinks!

Good morning, Rusty!
Fell dreich here!
A plodge rather than a walk!
I think I need to reproof both my cagoule and my nubucks!
All day tennis? And I cannot find any at all........ as far as I can see (I hope someone will correct me) TV coverage doesn't start on the BBC until the second round tomorrow?
No, no mention of Tim Peake's colleagues - whipped off swiftly to their respective countries for a private debriefment?
You were up late watching the golf last night - did it fulfil your hopes and expectations?
An eccles cake would go down very well right now with my mug of coffee.....




Chris, it must be my accent - to me both words sound the same!


Hello, Doglet!
Good to hear from you.
I am glad I am not alone in my thinking.
We have Eastbourne to watch this week - have you found any tennis from there being shown today on any of the routine channels?

Even the first letter, elle?

Yes, Chris. I would pronounce it as I would the word for 'owing'.
But you obviously would beg to differ there as well?

Yes, I would pronounce the D as D rather than J.

Try this, Chris
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/duel
Now I definitely hear this as a 'J'.

Interesting, elle. The US one is clearly a D; the English one does have a bit more of a hint of a J about it, but I'm still hearing it was basically a D.

I'll see if I can find JEWEL on the site.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/jewel

Listen to them one after the other. I hear a distinct difference.

I'd say the words slightly differently but near enough for a crossword clue. My beef is that there is no real indication it is a homophone, except the question mark, which I don't think is quite fair.
May I suggest you try the excellent WSJ crossword syzzie posted? It is very entertaining, with a great PDM. No homophones as far as I remember. Even the clues I suspect aristo and syzzie himself got in a moment but took me a bit longer- an American state and an Ivy league town, for example - are quite do-able.

Here you go, Chris....
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/jewel