The definition part of the clue is Reasonsive device and the wordplay is when a personis out. "out" is a pointer to an anagram of "when a person" and the solution is answerphone - a responsive device.
Oh I see. I'd guessed at tat as the answer, but saw the clue as a double (or even single) definition. I'd missed that 'is out' is also an anagrind. Very clever, though.
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The definition part of the clue is Reasonsive device and the wordplay is when a person is out. "out" is a pointer to an anagram of "when a person" and the solution is answerphone - a responsive device.
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Oh I see. I'd guessed at tat as the answer, but saw the clue as a double (or even single) definition. I'd missed that 'is out' is also an anagrind. Very clever, though.
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I found it in book of crosswords I’ve been working through in idle moments and I thought it was rather good.
Here’s another one I really love, from R. S. Beresford
Licking for Persians is a prolonged exercise (8)
(Hint think of a battle won by Ancient Greeks.)