Sunday Tribune Crossword

tadgh

48d: Secretary leaves tea set out for one who can see what's coming? (6) S _ _ Y _ R

Esel

Only words I get are SAWYER, SLAYER, SPRYER and STAYER.

Are you sure the other answers are correct?

tadgh

esel wrote: »

Only words I get are SAWYER, SLAYER, SPRYER and STAYER.

Are you sure the other answers are correct?

Yeah. Pretty sure of the known letters. but can't see any connection between the clue and any of the above words ??

bothyhead

Here's an extended list of words which may help:

Salyer
sawyer
Sawyor
scryer
Shoyer
Shryer
Sivyer
skryer
slayer
sleyer
Smoyer
Spayer
Speyer
spryer
squyer
stayer
steyer
Stoyer
swayer
Swoyer

Spike440

Scryer fits the clue - one who can see what's coming

Maybe "leaves" is the "rye" bit?

totoal

maybe...

tadgh wrote: »

48d: Secretary leaves tea set out

SecrETAry - tea => Secrry => scryer

bothyhead

Ah, very clever - 'set out' is the anagram indicator

bothyhead

With retard to the list of words that I posted above, I used this utility:

http://www.crosswordman.com/tea.html

I've been using it for years as a spell-checker.