# Help with crossworld clue

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-crossworld-clue/585085>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 11, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-crossworld-clue/585085 "2011-06-11T05:54:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-crossworld-clue/585085/1 "2011-06-11T05:54:43Z")

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Like months inconducive to oyster-eating (5)

RLESS

😕

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-crossworld-clue/585085/2 "2011-06-11T05:59:58Z")

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The ‘rule of thumb’ is that you should only eat oysters in months containing the letter ‘r’; that is, don’t eat oysters in the summer months (May through August). So months inconducive to oyster eating would be “‘r’-less.”

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**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-crossworld-clue/585085/3 "2011-06-11T06:23:31Z")

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Hm. I must have been sleeping during the meeting when they announced that.