"seamus" or "shamus" for detective please - its used in New York all the time, and "sleuth" kind of refers to a NON-professional, neither cop nor private investigator
It would be a neat little in-joke if you worded the clue for simile as "it's like a metaphor."
Also, a soliloquy and a monologue are different: a character speaks to himself in a soliloquy; he addresses other characters in a monologue. The answer is obvious either way, but that distinction is something drama teachers get all huffy over.
I put speech for monologue, which is technically a correct answer i would think. I had the same mindset. I was thinking a Johnny Carsonesque monologue where he speaks to the audience. Soliloquy's are speaking to oneself. I got it in the end, but i would agree with jmellor
Hooray! Not to push my luck, but could you also accept "somnambulant" for "sleepwalking," which can be an adjective in its participle form? E.g., "The sleepwalking boy bumped into the fridge" and "the somnambulant boy bumped into the fridge" have the same meaning. I tried that like five times before it occurred to me to try it as a noun.
"The adjective may be spelled either with ant or ent as the final syllable (see descendent). The noun may be spelled only with ant." - Wiktionary. I have to agree with ander217 and Wiktionary on this one. Honestly, I've never used the spelling "descendent", even for the adjective.
Successor, Solar Plexus, Stronghold, Spliff, lots of potential doubles made this one tricky! (also maybe somnambulant should be accepted for somnambulism?)
Any chance you'd accept soliloqui? Pretty tough one for non english speakers, I was happy I even came up with it! :) Since there is sililoquism, soliloquist and soliloquizer (though hopefully I remember it now)
and for a bunch of others I found several that works as well, but in most cases the answer given is better (though sometimes only slightly..)
Also, a soliloquy and a monologue are different: a character speaks to himself in a soliloquy; he addresses other characters in a monologue. The answer is obvious either way, but that distinction is something drama teachers get all huffy over.
This is a definition for Snoop. I tried it to - it should be accepted I think!
and for a bunch of others I found several that works as well, but in most cases the answer given is better (though sometimes only slightly..)