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cryptic clue help

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 11:59 am
by Kirk Bevins
Interesting remainder (4).

Its -e-t. Maybe rest or nett?? No idea. Suggestions with reasons please

Re: cryptic clue help

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:22 pm
by Graeme Cole
Kirk Bevins wrote:Interesting remainder (4).

Its -e-t. Maybe rest or nett?? No idea. Suggestions with reasons please
Nett sounds right - net interest.

Re: cryptic clue help

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:39 pm
by Mark Deeks
Or it might be "rest" because in the (inter) word "interesting" is the word "rest". I dunno.

Re: cryptic clue help

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:45 am
by Nick Deller
I prefer rest, parsing the clue as In "teresting": remainder

Re: cryptic clue help

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:28 pm
by Kirk Bevins
The answer they printed was: REST.