You're right. The two clues were from cryptic crosswords published in a local newspaper. I posted them because they had a photographic flavour. I'll have to keep my eye out for a real killer.

Alan C

-----Original Message----- From: John Francis
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 7:04 PM
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Subject: Re: OT: Cryptic Clue 2

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 04:59:38AM +0000, mike wilson wrote:
On 16/12/2013, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote:
> You're obviously getting bored, so here's no. 2:
>
> "Has short Leo shot elephants on the horizon with this accessory?" (9,4)
>
> Alan C (aka Wisselstroom)

Telephoto lens

Indeed. Far too easy, really; a good anagram clue would not repeat
the sequence of consecutive letters "teleph" in both the clue and
answer.


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