Thanks to VB friend and contributor, Wendy Varley, for this little ditty. Ed
I’m ashamed to say I came unstuck with the cryptic crossword in yesterday’s Guardian.
The top right corner proved very tricky to decipher, especially one pesky clue for 12 Across.: “Opening number – singer’s last resort” (7).
Eventually I got some letters in, and learned a new word (chevrotain = a small deer-like mammal, apparently), so the pattern for 12 across became V*N****, but still I couldn’t nail it.
Later, I worked out the final letter must be an R. Could I see the answer? Nope.
Can you?
When the penny dropped, just before I went to bed, I kicked myself.
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