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Here is a little quiz for you. It concerns homophones which are words which sound the same but have different meanings. They are usually spelt differently but not always. Examples are beat/beet, rite/right, days/daze. Homophones are popular in cryptic crosswords and are often suggested when the clue contains words like: say, uttered, we hear, sounds like. For example: Clue: Encounter with steak, say (4 letters) Answer: Meet. (Encounter = meet, steak = meat) So here we go. You might need to think laterally. I guess I’ll just put the answers at the end so stop reading before then if you want to have a go at solving the clues. 1: Uttered correct liturgy (4 letters) 2: Fruit that's put in the ground, we hear (5 letters) 3: Youngster who pinches (6 letters) 4: Feel better and get dressed (7 letters) 5: Get to a stretch of the river (5 letters) 6: Reeked of mining operation (5 letters) A helpful hint: Try to find a synonym for part of the clue and see if it fits the other part of the clue Answers: 1: Rite. (correct = right, liturgy = rite) 2: Berry. (Fruit = berry, put in the ground = bury) 3: Nipper (a nipper is slang for a small child and something that pinches is a ‘nipper’ 4: Recover (in a cryptic crossword, recover would be an acceptable answer to ‘get dressed’) 5: Reach 6: Smelt Photo is of a misshapen tree-trunk which is sort of like twisted words. Or maybe not.