Times cryptic 1.2 by Whetstone

21st November 2020, 11:08

15a. Monkey starts to devour spiders in the trees
TAMARINDS

Anyone parse this?

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21st November 2020, 11:13

TAMARIN is the monkey, then Devour Spiders
Tamarinds are a sour fruit used in Asian cookery, so I assume that they grow on trees!

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21st November 2020, 11:23

Tamarind, a large tropical caesalpiniaceous tree . Isn't that 'cae...' word lovely, a real tongue-twister?

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21st November 2020, 11:24

Nice, yes they do grow on trees.
Now I realise how the DS was arrived at. Thanks

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21st November 2020, 11:27

9 vowels, I wonder if that can be beaten in a single word?

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