Crossword roundup: opossum v possum, with a touch of Malibu
opossum Outside chocolate, “O”s don’t get asked to be silent desperately often, and silent first syllables are always worthy of inspection. Here’s another, and the subject of our next challenge. The name of the Florida labourers’ community Umalibo comes, the locals will tell you, from a Native American name meaning “the surf sounds lovely”, but nowadays, no one says the “U”; reader, how would you clue MALIBU? Cluing competition Many thanks for your clues for OOLONG. Of the “leaves”, I especially enjoyed Dunnart’s “Leaves tools outside shed on top of greenhouse” and...
Source: theguardian.com