Started by RainedMirror
Playwright Arthur's last to leave with French girl, going around France and other countries to make a French dessert (5, 7)
MILLE[-r] ("Playwright Arthur", without last) + FILLE ("French girl") around EU ("France and other countries") = "a French dessert"
Submitted by Sp3000
| Clue ID | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
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| 304 | Playwright Arthur's last to leave with French girl, going around France and other countries to make a French dessert (5, 7) | MILLE[-r] ("Playwright Arthur", without last) + FILLE ("French girl") around EU ("France and other countries") = "a French dessert" | Sp3000 | 3 |
| 301 | Napoleon is kind of beat, they said, before making up lie fuel. (5 7) | Napoleon is kind of: def. Beat: Mill They said: Homophone (Mill -> MILLE) Before: Position indicator Making up lie fuel: FEUILLE* |
RainedMirror | 0 |
| 303 | Napoleon fell back by the west of Europe before turning 51, in a way (5 7) | LLEF<+EU+IL< in MILE (cf. "a [long] way to go") [= "Napoleon", a similar kind of cake]. (Note that 'by the west of' is a juxtaposition indicator.) (Fun fact: Napoleon died aged 51.) |
level | 0 |
| 305 | Modern woman internalizes shouted insult and eats large, large pastry? (5 7) | Modern woman = MILLIE (from the Broadway musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie") shouted insult=homophone of "F U" = EF EU large, large = LL MILL(EF EU)I(LL)E Question mark because that EF EU is pretty dodgy. |
madjaqk | 0 |