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Empty seat left by son (5)

Hi, Tony. Can you tell us what you got for this clue in the Saga Magazine, and what your logic was for solving it? We have been working on it with Jolan, and have come up with one or two answers, but haven't reached a concensus.

Ta.

P

Hi Pipesmoker - I haven't got this xword, but was intrigued . Do you have Bradford'a Crossword Solver's dictionary? One of the meanings given to "empty" is "addle". So - Saddle - seat - left by son. Saddle minus s -

Thanks, AJT. I think this is going to be correct, but there must have been an error in the presentation of the clue. It is annoying when they get the tense wrong. Quite a regular occurrence in our local rag. That and publishing the answers under the grid, totally wrong grid etc..

Thanks again.

P

good call, pipesmoker,have a look at my last answer

Thanks for your trouble, Tonyw. I don't know if my reasoning was too convoluted for the particuar crossword, since I have never done it, but at least, it does confirm Jolan's orginal thought.

Ta much.

P

Hi Pipesmoker
The Saga crossie is usually quite difficult, using quite obscure words and references. It's produces by CULLEN CROSSWORDS using Chambers Dict. I've rarely found, what I suspect to be, an error like this one (if it is, indeed, an error). Quite often one's thinking has to be quite convoluted.
J