Crossword clue

[DiscoStu]

This was indeed the answer that the compiler was looking for

[Doggy Styles]

How do you get Fail?

I thought it might be Fool, which is a desert (as in strawberry fool), and turfing is a vernacular for covering something up, i.e. fooling people.

[EternalOptimist]

Got a tough one here

4 across. Postman

[Ruprect]

Got a tough one here

4 across. Postman

chav?

[Doggy Styles]

Got a tough one here

4 across. Postman

Pat

How many letters?

[EternalOptimist]

Pat

How many letters?

a bluddy big sack full





igmc

[Doggy Styles]

a bluddy big sack full

igmc

I love that one.

[NotAllThere]

How do you get Fail?

I thought it might be Fool, which is a desert (as in strawberry fool), and turfing is a vernacular for covering something up, i.e. fooling people.

That's a dessert.

So, something like "South in desert turf" But I still don't get why fail is the answer to the original.

[dang65]

How do you get Fail?

I thought it might be Fool, which is a desert (as in strawberry fool), and turfing is a vernacular for covering something up, i.e. fooling people.

His strength deserted him.
His strength failed him.

That would cover the "desert" bit ok.

"Turf" is slang for "to displace or eject", which could mean fail I suppose. As in "turf out the poor performers"?

[Doggy Styles]

That's a dessert.

Good point. No wonder no-one else thought of it.