Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 August 2006 17:02, Tim Churches wrote:
>> Hmmm, seven letters, starts with "bl", ends with "il", cognate with
>> "persuade" and "cajole".
>>
>> Nope, I give up. Probably bleedingly obvious, but never was any good at
>> crosswords.
> not cognate with cajole and persuade at all, but more forceful.
> Isn't 7 letters either, actually it's 9.
> A compound word, made of two others, first a colour.

Um, blue-pencil, as in to correct or revise. No, that has ten letters.

Blue devil? As in barbiturates?

Come on, help me out, I know its obvious but I won't be able to sleep
tonight unless I know what the expression is.

Tim C

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