Monopoly card tears (10)
Times
Cryptic
#28754
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12 Across
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2023-11-07
Generating...
I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:
I had this as a double definition but I’ve had to revise the first to a cryptic hint because the Utility company on the Monopoly board is called ‘Water Works’ (two words). One tends to think of Monopoly cards as being either Chance or Community Chest but of course every purchasable property has a corresponding Title Deed which might also be described as a card. ‘Turning on the waterworks’ as euphemism for ‘crying’ appears to date back to the 17th century.