Cryptic Clue

PostPost by: hatman » Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:46 pm

5 down in today's Telegraph:-

'Shift more cars, say, than Lotus managed - including almost half of Elans.' (7 letters) (Answer below, if you're interested.)




















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PostPost by: Spyder fan » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:43 am

an anagram of LOTUS and almost half of elans = O U T S e l L

Very cryptic indeed. The Telegraph crossword is a right stinker at times. Will you be cutting that out and framing it?
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PostPost by: hatman » Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:21 pm

Dunno about that, Alan, but it did make me wonder if the setter might be an Elan owner him/herself.
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