7D: This will drive you round the bend (8-5)
The clue requires a literal interpretation of 'round the bend' rather than interpreting it to mean 'mad'. This leads to the answer 'steering-wheel'.
Saturday 18 July 2009
Round the Bend
While sitting in a cafe, suffering the early symptoms of swine flue (apparently), I reverted to my old habit of attempting the cryptic crossword in the Brighton and Hove Argus. Now in a magazine insert, there was one clue that uses special phrases in an interesting way:
The clue requires a literal interpretation of 'round the bend' rather than interpreting it to mean 'mad'. This leads to the answer 'steering-wheel'.
The clue requires a literal interpretation of 'round the bend' rather than interpreting it to mean 'mad'. This leads to the answer 'steering-wheel'.
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