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@Fact Boy I thought Woden was just the Anglo-Saxon name for Odin, so it is the same god and not an “analogue”? So Wednesday is named for Odin, but via his Anglo-Saxon name? In Scandinavian languages Wednesday is “onsdag”, so directly from the Old Norse name Oðinn.

@john ezra «Sick of Oslo»? What?? ;-) But I have to admit that the clue this time was very esoteric - Oscarshall is nice, but not really one of the greatest sights or attractions in Oslo.

@Michael Weiland In Norwegian, «spor» can be a track, but also in a more abstract sense a clue. It can also mean a trace. A bloodhound is “sporhund”, so I guessed SPOOR but have never heard the word in English before. But it makes sense, or should I say “ it tracks “ :-)

@Andrzej Also struggled with HATRACK, but assume lid is slang for a hat? Yes, W is a global hotel chain.

@Andrzej Exactly the same for me. I could do most of it without lookups, but the NE corner was too hard for me this time.

@Andrzej Had exactly the same problems (but knew BART). It didn’t help one bit that I had entered gmats for the tests, of course…

@Lilani Also never seen this in English, but it was an easy guess for me as PRATE simply means “to talk” in Norwegian. The dictionary tells me the first recorded use is in late Middle English, and I’m guessing the origin is Germanic.