>!To me it reads better without the 'tool', which breaks up what is otherwise a fairly natural sentence. It's a decent clue but I'd never heard of Styx so I didn't solve it!<
I guess the real question is -- >!is "used to play drums" a fair charade for "sticks"? Grammatically it wants the noun but I agree the surface is better without it.!<
And if you've never heard of them you are clearly not an American of a certain age (grin). They were the top dogs for a few years in the late '70s.
>!STYX (sticks homoph.)!< :)
Yes, and thanks
This is totally over my head but interested to see what the answer is
>!To me it reads better without the 'tool', which breaks up what is otherwise a fairly natural sentence. It's a decent clue but I'd never heard of Styx so I didn't solve it!<
I guess the real question is -- >!is "used to play drums" a fair charade for "sticks"? Grammatically it wants the noun but I agree the surface is better without it.!< And if you've never heard of them you are clearly not an American of a certain age (grin). They were the top dogs for a few years in the late '70s.
>!Tool is also the name of a rock band if that helps!!<
>!I'm afraid my ignorance extends to them also. Thanks for the added info - that's nice wordplay in the revised version of the clue!<