The latest in our series where we turn the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is Navy, AKA Lucy Evans
This seems to be the first in this series where the setter has to her name a sum total of one puzzle in a national newspaper.So, let’s meet the setter.
Pretty girl in crimson rose (8)
GEGS (9,4)
Two girls, one on each knee (7)
Evenly spread walnuts for perfectionist (6)
Pretty girl in crimson rose (8)
[ wordplay: term for a ‘pretty girl’ inserted into synonym for ‘crimson’ ]
[ BELLE inserted into RED ]
[ definition: ‘rose’ ]
[ answer: REBELLED ]
GEGS (9,4)
[ very rare‘reverse clue’ suggesting an anagram of SCRAMBLED EGGS ]
Two girls, one on each knee (7)
[ wordplay: two names applied to young females ]
[ wordplay: abbrev. for Patricia + abbrev. for Elisabeth/Gabriella/Eleanor … ]
[ definition: something most people have one of on each knee ]
Evenly spread walnuts for perfectionist (6)
[ wordplay: every other letter (‘evenly’) of ‘sPrEaDwAlNuTs’ ]
[ definition: perfectionist ]
