lambda ?


lam = 1 a.m.

da = day

I don't understand the b.

Yaggotit Treval! ===[**WCF**]===

Main Entry: time
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: temporal length of event or entity's existence, period
Synonyms: age, allotment, bit, bout, chronology, clock, continuance, date, day, duration, epoch, era, eternity, extent, future, generation, go*, hour, infinity, instance, instant, interval, juncture, lastingness, life, life span, lifetime, many a moon, moment, month, occasion, pace, past, point, present, season, second, shift, space, span, spell, stage, stint, stretch, tempo, term, tide, tour, turn, week, while, year

Thanks Denis, I honestly thought Hawkeye had got it with 'lambda'.

I couldn't find 'sign' = 'mayday' in thesaurus.com

Next one from a local paper (as usual)

At this time a small number take bundle of cash to those in favour (9) No 'e'

If it was 8 in length, could be

No-wad-ays

Main Entry: signal
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: indication; authorization
Synonyms: Mayday, SOS, alarm, alert, beacon, bleep, blinker, cue, flag, flare, gesture, go-ahead, green light, high sign, indicator, mark, movement, nod, okay*, omen, sign, tocsin, token, wink

Humblest apologies Rog, it should be (8) not (9)

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Denis, that's a synonym list for 'signal', not 'sign', or have I got my silly hat on again

Treval, Mayday = signal :
May·day –noun
the international radiotelephone distress signal,

and sign is a synonym of signal (per my list).

Not just that: mayday and sign both appear as synonyms in that list.

Huh - Does that mean we can use a synonym of a synonym as a direct?

Or even two words that appear in the same synonym list?

Yet you (Denis) told me off for using a word that was synonymed one way only...

I am just soooo confused!

I did? You sure it wasn't "get the noodle" instead of "telling off"?

Anyhow, if Mayday = sign is not acceptable, I'll take my lashes

Thanks, Treval! An easy one I think is legit:

Informant - like the police of old? (7-6)

Two "e"s

whistle-blower (double def) ?

Oooh, Denis. You did tell Shroeder off for improper use of synonyms, and here your sin is much worse than his.

20 lashes for that one.

Good one Denis. Have a nice jewel-encrusted belt to make up for the lashes!

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AYOYE!!
Ya, must confess I always thought sign and signal were same thing,
so didn't bother looking up...20 lashes well deserved; plus I'll
ask the Cryptic Gods for forgiveness...

HOKAY; this one COMPLETELY legal (ahem!):

Town with beat song! (9,4) sorry, only one "e"

Day1 clue: direct = song (name of a song)