I came up with the following (with apologies for '
grammatic licence'): "IS-U IS, or IS-U Isn't, gonna pay up?, 'cos US IS waitin." But then, the whole thing's a puzzle - with 'cross words', isn't it?Gordon Thomas, Castle Close, Cheylesmore, Coventry.
The predicates in question are altaewe, atbredendlic, ahwlic, Arabisc, Arrianisc, bebbisc, bodigendlic, Bulgarisc, cicropisc, Cillinesc, clacleas, clincig, dalisc, (ge)dryme, duniendlic, (ge)dwaes 1, eawisclic, Eficisc, eowigendlic, eretic, farendlic, Fariseisc, Frencisc, gearwe, geanul, gecneord, geeane, gefaed 1, gefredra, gegeorendlic, gehwaede, gelaer, geneor[??], gere[??]re, geresp, gerislic, getricce, getwis,
grammatic, grandorleas, hrurul, Libanisc, (ge)lome 1, Lundonisc, lytig, Mailrosisc, mealmeht, mechanisc, Memftisc, Nazarenisc, Nicenisc, nihstig, pierisc, Pirenisc, (ge) risne 1, ryplen 1, selden, seoslig, singal, Speonisc, Steornede, (ge)taese 1, Tirisc, towlic, twibleoh, prisnaecce, uncamprof, and dundergendlic.