Re: SCWC9 Gallery
- From: "Steve B." <prettygood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:41:41 GMT
Duke said:
"Pete Maclean" wrote...
One and threepence? (5)
and Peter B. explained that one and threepence is 1/16 of the old
British pound (thanks, Peter). Would this be a valid clue, say in
England? I mean, now that it's been explained, I see that 1s3d is 1/16
of a pound sterling, and an ounce is 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, but
is that enough for the clue to work? Not to take anything away from
Pete's cleverness.
False modesty be damned, that's my cleverness! We also had pounds shillings
and pence here in Australia until 1966, so the question is valid here, too.
I don't think the clue would be acceptable purely because it's so
out-of-date, but it might have been acceptable when the currency was current
(if that's not a tautology) or not too long after its demise. It has no
definition, which I'm not fond of, but neither has "H, I, J, K L, M, N, O
(5)". But, it's possible to check that your answer is right once you've made
the leap to it, and I think some puzzles would have happily allowed it.
Steve = : ^ )
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