Riders in Hackney tend to cycle for approval (11)
Independent
Cryptic
#11659
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22 Across
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2024-02-22
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:
‘ORSEMEN (‘riders’ missing the ‘h’, as it might be said in Hackney) TEND ‘cycling’ – the last three letters moving to the front. Many people drop their aitches in spoken English, not just those in London – but some studies have shown that 58% of old speakers in Hackney do.