![]() It remains a mystery to me whether the relative scarcity in dictionaries of slang expressions, fond or derisory, for “husband” is down to there not being many or their not being recorded. The lexicon was not short of words for “wife” in 1979, even if ones like WHITHER-GO-YE had passed away – but it gained another. (When George Cole died, one report claimed that Prince Philip, a fan of the show, has a cushion with the motto E II R INDOORS.) In fact, it seems that it was Minder that took the phrase (along with “drink” for bribe) into wide usage, though the writer Leon Griffiths said he had heard it from the lips of “a taxi-driver drinking companion”. Yes, the Terry is Terry McCann, and the wisdom-imparter is Arthur Daley: it’s from episode three of the first series of Minder. That’s what her indoors doesn’t understand Terry. Oxford’s first citation of the phrase is from 1979: Yes, Radian was looking for INDOORS, as in the unflattering uxorial monicker HER (or indeed ‘ER) INDOORS. Under a different nom de guerre, the same setter had an elusive, allusive definition in the Independent:ġ6ac Sexist’s wife here lives around New Cross, facing west (7) The annotated solution for this prize puzzle is now available. for BREVE which was borne out by, among others, Prom 62. ġd Note: Brahms overture always turns up (5) of a SERAGLIO ( as featured in Prom 39) and a clue. Ĩac Is Elgar distracted by love in rooms for wags? (8) ![]() ![]() This year’s was another treat, with its musical clues sending that cycling Elgar to the insalubrious destination. For me, it’s the near-institution of the Guardian’s proms puzzle from Crucible ( who has taken part in one of our Q&As).
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