Thanks to all who entered this week’s Clueless challenge.
A great range of styles and ideas which was, as ever, hard to judge. To pare down the options I’ve had to be strict regarding any absence of DBE indicators, indirect anagram fodder, anything doing double duty and definitions not in Chambers.
In my shortlist were …
Wil@6 (I’ve played keyboards in a number of bands but never a keytar!)
Regeff@13 (I thought ‘two squares’ was particularly devious)
Raffles@16 (a very witty surface)
PR@24 (nice acrostic, I particularly liked the inclusion of neologism)
Geting@31 (clever construction)
We don’t often have a winning acrostic and I rather like this one, so the winner is PouletRoyale with what I think is her first Clueless victory …
Firstly, plenty of rhetorical terms manage a neologism - teaches everyone alternative usage (11)
Congratulations Poulet, here your variously Lewis Carroll inspired prizes…
Slithy, Mimsy, Chortled, Galumphing, Frumious, Burbled and Frabjous…
https://youtu.be/Q_Um3787fSY?is=ANN5lV2-C2npQidc
One rabbit…
https://youtu.be/pnJM_jC7j_4?is=DzezPbOzKcmlnGjZ
More rabbits (from a Clueless favourite)…
https://youtu.be/C90Cyiiz0kw?is=ZyDmxypcfxVeXUdi
And here’s an optional extra which you are most welcome to ignore…
A puzzle I set back in 2023 (the link takes you to the first post – give it a try if you feel so inclined – the solution is given later in the thread) …
https://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/871250/offset/30
Cheers all,
Ttfn!