Cryptic Clown

My latest favorite cryptic clue

Cryptic bonding time

Yes, we've been at it again.
The cryptic puzzle on the weekend is one of our bonding times. It takes our two brains working together as a team to solve it.

We both throw in our thoughts and bounce off of each other's inspiration.

Soggy jester

My favorite cryptic crossword clue from Saturday's puzzle was  12 down.
"Suppression of Spooner's soggy jester"

So what was our thinking?

What is a spoonerism?

Ok so a spoonerism is when you transpose the starts of two words ( like blushing crow instead of crushing blow). We figured we were looking for one of these.

Jester =Clown

Trevor quickly thought of clown as the answer for Jester, but we couldn't seem to stop thinking of wet for soggy.

Soggy = Damp

 It took a visit from Thom to assist us with the last few answers ( including this one). Of course soggy is damp.!!!

Laugh till you stop

The joy of a cryptic puzzle is surely when you find the answer and it makes you laugh with surprise and delight.

I just loved the damp clown turning into clamp down.

If you haven't tried doing cryptic crosswords I highly recommend it...especially if someone else you like will be a part of your team to solve them.