Saturday 23 June 2012

Solution for 22 June cryptic crossword clue




Cheap cigar egoist smoked (6)

Solution – stogie

As anyone from the US will know a "stogie" is another name for a cigar – usually a cheap one.

What does an egoist have to do with a cigar? Well if you "smoke" the word "egoist" in the sense of scrambling its letters you get "stogie".

"Smoked" is an unusal indicator word for an anagram but here is cute because it is also relevant to cigars.

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