A new soldier (not the Engineers) is stiff in manner (7)
Independent
Cryptic
#11696
|
5 Across
|
2024-04-05
Generating...
I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:
A new soldier (not the Engineers) is stiff in manner A + N (=new, as in NT) + <re> GULAR (=soldier, private; “not the Engineers (=RE, i.e. Royal Engineers); angular is stiff in manner, the opposite of easy or graceful