Wow, we had right answers pouring in for yesterday’s question.
Congrats to Samit Kallianpur (our first one in), Eddie Looby, Tulika Das, Sandhya Paruchuri, Camelia Oberoi, Debasmita, Thejaswi Udupa, Koteswara Rao, Raghavan S V, John Chute, Crypt Ella, Mohan Subramaniam, Dhirendra, Krittibas Dasgupta and Neha Bhandari who got it correct.
The Clue was “Each king has got half this land (5).
The Answer was “EARTH”.
It was a Charade clue. EA (abbreviation for Each) + R (abbreviation of king) + TH (half the letters of THIS) = EARTH and the Definition is “LAND”. Once again, well done to each of you who not only solved it but also annotated it correctly in our blog post.
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S{TAINLES}*S
Stainless
S [A silent]* S
Stainless
ABSCONDED
A – A
Criminal – con
The rest
I just made up to get the answer not spotted anywhere
stainless, s(a silent)s
Stainless
SS = Ship with a silent (anagram inside)
STAINLESS
(A SILENT)* in SS
Assailant
Stainless
STAINLESS
Stainless
Fodder: A SILENT
Anagrind: criminal
( A SILENT)* inside SS
S ( A SILENT)* S
STAINLESS
Def: not spotted anywhere
S{TAINLES*}S
Stainless; (A Silent)* SS
Stainless
S(asilent*)S
STAINLESS
STAINLESS
SA SILENT*S
STAINLESS
(A SILENT)* in SS
Stainless
STAINLESS
(a silent)* in SS with ‘not spotted anywhere’ as the defn.