Answer Labour.
Topical clue for today.
Least tanned, trendy Scot encountered in the middle East. (12)
First letter is P
Palestinians
This thread has really captured the forum’s attention.
Trendy Scot?
I guess Ian is a popular name in Scotland.
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Ah here. Ye’re just making stuff up.
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Sure you don’t even need that part to get the answer.
Are you supposed to ignore parts of the clues? Is that the way it’s gone now?
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That or you could just focus on the handy parts of clues.
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Do you loath ian/lothian?
Trendy in the telegraph cryptic often means “in”
Once you put the simple bit together with this, the answer is obvious. The last bit is I’d imagine a bit like Noel Gallagher writing where he knew he wanted to write “I’m feeling supersonic”, and then thought what rhymes with that? Oh, gin and tonic, good enough.
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Today’s clue
Deduce number escaping blaze (5)
You sure its not 6 letters?
Yes.
It’s obvious when you get it. Quite clever in its own way.
Seven
Go back to the guidelines.
The first or last word is the straight clue, the rest is the cryptic bit.
Ok. Infer
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Spoiler mate
That’s 7 letters
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