Comments on: Everyman 3295 (November 22nd)

By: Everyman

Everyman — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:33:54 +0000

22d
REACT = take it, as in how did he react?/how did he take it?, so R for river + (villag)e + act for turn

By: Rishi

Rishi — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:06:45 +0000

As for 22d:

Turn after river close to village – take it (5)

Let me try:

Turn – def.

after – position ind.

river – R

close to village – - E

take it – meaning “take {the} turn”, ‘turn’ yielding ACT.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:01:27 +0000

18d: RANCOUR (bitterness) is homophone of ‘ranker’ (private).
Chambers def. for ‘ranker’ is “a person who serves or has served as a private soldier; an officer who has risen from the ranks.”