Because the ? indicate that Gegs is a  scrambled version of a word in the answer.

https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5498/gegs-9-4-a-british-cryptic-crossword-clue

Alan C


On 27-Jun-23 10:10 AM, Bob W PDML wrote:
Why?

On 27 Jun 2023, at 08:33, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

Shouldn't the first one have a question mark after it?

On 25/06/2023 19:50 Bob W PDML <pdm...@icloud.com> wrote:


Too easy.

I have two favourite cryptic crossword clues, neither is difficult, but I like 
them.

One that my housemaster told me when I was about 12 and he was explaining what 
cryptic crosswords are:

Gegs (9, 4)

And another which I saw on a book cover:

Two girls, one on each knee (7)



On 25 Jun 2023, at 20:43, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote:
Cormorant …

Sent from my iPad

On Jun 25, 2023, at 6:17 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote:

Crossword clue:

Large diving bird from cold, wild moor and tarn. (9).

Alan C
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