"Then Kolokolo Bird said, with a mournful cry, 'Go to the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, and find out.'"
Remember David Astle? Well, one thing guaranteed to piss off crossword mavens, apart from a clue which is a complete fiasco, is a wrong clue:
The answer is Limpopo: burst = pop, into wheels of fortune = limo. Pretty good clue, as it happens, except that the Limpopo is a banker in Africa, not South America.
I quite like the following:
Clue: IIIII (10)
Answer: Capitalise
In DA's defence, he might have submitted "SA banker" and had some subeditor amend it to "South American". Maybe ...
Posted by: haiku | 15 October 2008 at 19:32
Greetings esteemed After Grog gentleman and associates.
I am the Vice Limpopo and brother of the late Chief Limpopo of the nation of Congo. I have been entrusted with $US15 million from the Congolese Treasury and am writing requesting assistance.
I understand that this email may come to you as a surprise yada yada yada top laffs now we can all get some sleep spot the Jack Thompson reference.
Posted by: Nbigo Ramifications | 16 October 2008 at 20:43