Question 1

What does the cryptic crossword clue "Veep unfamiliar with King Edward, game for the reporter? (6)" mean?

Accepted Answer

The wordplay uses a homophone (sounds like). Homophone of ( … for the reporter ) “quail”(a game bird). Defn: Veep/vice president to George W. Bush, who once “corrected” a student’s spelling of “potato”, of which the King Edward is a kind, to “potatoe”, due to his “unfamiliarity” with it, to put it kindly. The answer is QUAYLE.

Question 2

What is the answer to "Veep unfamiliar with King Edward, game for the reporter? (6)"?

Accepted Answer

The answer is QUAYLE.