TWO-CLUE PUNS are easy, because you literally get TWO CLUES! Unlike SOUNDS LIKE clues, where the clue puns on two words that sound similar but are spelled differently, TWO-CLUE PUNS play on the meaning of two words which are spelled the same but have different meanings (they may, or may not, have the same pronunciation). The clue consists of : (a) Definition of the first meaning (b) Definition of the second meaning. For example: "Strange drink (3)" = RUM, "Intimidate a farm animal (3)" = COW, "Rip drop from the eye (4)" = TEAR, "Elevator gives you a boost (4)" = LIFT, "Woolly story (4)" = YARN, "Heavy metal is to be in front (4)" = LEAD, "Enjoying a book in Berkshire town (7)" = READING, etc.
These go great with my morning coffee! Question - is NESS a Britishism for head? Or is this not a double clue? (Or, as is likely, am I missing something obvious?)
lsv 🤓1:31 · circa un mese fa
Apparently 'ness' means 'from the headland' in Scottish. And apparently a headland is like a cape (geographically). Who knew.
As lsv has said, it's an old word for a promontory or headland, used now mainly only in placenames, like the seaside resort Skegness. It's one of those words like TOPER or ETUI or TOME, which I'm not sure I've ever encountered anywhere other than crosswords!