There once was a woman from Tipperary? Doesn't work in this Irish city (8)
Independent
Cryptic
#12233
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12 Across
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2025-12-23
Generating...
I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:
LIMERICK (a LIMERICK is a form of humorous verse with a particular pattern of syllables in each line. ‘There once was a woman from Tipperary [11 syllables] doesn’t fit the pattern required for the first line, so this doesn’t work for Tipperary [another Irish city]) – this clue ould be classified as double definition