Question 1

What does the cryptic crossword clue "Flower girl joins British agent Hunt in Shakespeare? (11)" mean?

Accepted Answer

The definition is "Shakespeare?". The wordplay uses a charade (building blocks). ELIZA (synonym="Eliza Doolittle, flower-seller in George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion or later in the musical My Fair Lady") + B (synonym="abbreviation for British") + ETHAN (synonym="Ethan Hunt, fictional agent in the Mission: Impossible films") = ELIZABETHAN; definition: "in Shakespeare?" The answer is ELIZABETHAN.

Question 2

What is the answer to "Flower girl joins British agent Hunt in Shakespeare? (11)"?

Accepted Answer

The answer is ELIZABETHAN.