Crossword Clues Part 2

[Nearly Sane]

/ETA bit later:  those empty squares are in
7 down: Fast food shop feeding trendy belle on a regular basis (9)
Letters: - N - E - E - - E

15 across: Friend friendly starting late (4
Letters A - D Y

I've been going through the alphabet but canot spot a suitable selection  that makes sense. Any hint will be much appreciated.

And it'll probably be something of a kick-self, since the 7 down clue has appeared before!

I think the second E in 7 down is wrong. Also I think the D  in 15 across is wrong.

[SusanDoris]

I think the second E in 7 down is wrong. Also I think the D  in 15 across is wrong.

Oh, bother!!  But thank you for your help of course. ! Right, back to work

[SusanDoris]

NS

Checking the  words, I see that the second E of 7 down comes from PEST the 19 across clue: 20 apes tried clothes.

The D from 15 across comes from 16 down which is
Metal Dan and I arranged to have separated layers (9)
and my answer was DELINEATE, which, using the I, E and E,  fits the across clues.

Advice and help will, as always be much appreciated. Thank you.

[Nearly Sane]

NS

Checking the  words, I see that the second E of 7 down comes from PEST the 19 across clue: 20 apes tried clothes.

The D from 15 across comes from 16 down which is
Metal Dan and I arranged to have separated layers (9)
and my answer was DELINEATE, which, using the I, E and E,  fits the across clues.

Advice and help will, as always be much appreciated. Thank you.

16 down is anagram of 'metal dan i' and ends ed.

And given the number of Es can I just check that we are talking about the E in the 6th character of the answer?

[SusanDoris]

16 down is anagram of 'metal dan i' and ends ed.

And given the number of Es can I just check that we are talking about the E in the 6th character of the answer?

Thank you very much. Okay, so that is LAMINATED and the second A - which is, yes, the E  as sixth character - is from 'whAt', which I corrected from'whEn'. I thought the answer was 'What for?'  but chose'when' because of the down clue.

And that makes 15 across ALLY,  and, with a bit of tortured reasoning, I think it is
friend AL
friendly AL-Y
starting late the L from late ALLY

When I've done the washing-up, I'll have another try at 7 down.

[SusanDoris]

Is the answer to
19 across: 2 apes tried clothes (4)
POST

If it is, then the last letter of 7 down is O.

I don't think it will help much, but I'm ever hopeful that my brain will suddenly come up with the answer!

[Nearly Sane]

Is the answer to
19 across: 2 apes tried clothes (4)
POST

If it is, then the last letter of 7 down is O.

I don't think it will help much, but I'm ever hopeful that my brain will suddenly come up with the answer!

Confused a bit here. 7 down as you have already stated is Laminated.

[SusanDoris]

Confused a bit here. 7 down as you have already stated is Laminated.

Oh dear, my apologies. LAMINATED is the answer to 16 down, starting with the third letter of 15 across, which has turned out to be ALLY.

7 down is: Fast food shop feeding trendy belle on a regular basis (9)
Letters: - N - E - I - - -

[Nearly Sane]

Oh dear, my apologies. LAMINATED is the answer to 16 down, starting with the third letter of 15 across, which has turned out to be ALLY.

7 down is: Fast food shop feeding trendy belle on a regular basis (9)
Letters: - N - E - I - - -

My mistake, I think. The fast food shop is the 3rd to 6th letters and is a four letter term short for a longer more foreign food shop
 

[SusanDoris]

My mistake, I think. The fast food shop is the 3rd to 6th letters and is a four letter term short for a longer more foreign food shop

Thank you. Yes, the word DELI keeps putting itself in that spot and then the word UNDELIVERED won't go away!
Taking the other letters I get UN-ERED whichi doesn't seem to have anything to do with the clue.

And then I'd have PDST for the apes. I googled that to see if there was a meaning, but it simply corrected it to pSTD!

Sorry for taking up so much of your time today but I do thank you for it.

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you. Yes, the word DELI keeps putting itself in that spot and then the word UNDELIVERED won't go away!
Taking the other letters I get UN-ERED whichi doesn't seem to have anything to do with the clue.

And then I'd have PDST for the apes. I googled that to see if there was a meaning, but it simply corrected it to pSTD!

Sorry for taking up so much of your time today but I do thank you for it.

The E in Pest is correct. And it doesn't start with a U

[SusanDoris]

The E in Pest is correct. And it doesn't start with a U

I had turned the computer off, but have just turned it on again because it is indelible, isn't it?
The 'belle' is anagrammed there with an I stuck in. but where the 'trendy' and 'feeding' or 'on a regular basis' come in defeats me for the moment! I'll try and keep the old brain cells ticking over and maybe they'll work it out … …!

And thanks again.

/ETA I think the  'trendy' is IN, possibly 'dine' is anagrammed for the first four letters meaning 'feeding', and maybe INEDIBLE refers to the quality of the food! But 'on a regular basis' must have been thrown in to confuse.

Do you know why the '20' starts 19 across? That's the clue which is: 20 apes tried clothes (4). The answer, PEST,  doesn't seem to make any sense.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan – just looking in briefly, so…

I had turned the computer off, but have just turned it on again because it is indelible, isn't it?
The 'belle' is anagrammed there with an I stuck in. but where the 'trendy' and 'feeding' or 'on a regular basis' come in defeats me for the moment! I'll try and keep the old brain cells ticking over and maybe they'll work it out … …! 

And thanks again.

/ETA I think the  'trendy' is IN, possibly 'dine' is anagrammed for the first four letters meaning 'feeding', and maybe INEDIBLE refers to the quality of the food! But 'on a regular basis' must have been thrown in to confuse.

OK, so the clue is: “Fast food shop feeding trendy belle on a regular basis”.

“Fast” is the synonym – a colour that’s “fast” in a fabric for example is indelible.

The “food shop” is a DELI and it’s “feeding” (ie, inside) IN (ie, “trendy”) and the alternate letters from “belle” (ie, belle “on a regular basis”) which gives you the BLE at the end.   

Do you know why the '20' starts 19 across? That's the clue which is: 20 apes tried clothes (4). The answer, PEST,  doesn't seem to make any sense.

The answer is a portmanteau word – “apes tried” “clothes” (ie contains) PEST – as in “aPES Tried”. The “20” presumably refers to the answer to 20ac or 20d, which perhaps is a type of pest?

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan – just looking in briefly, so…

OK, so the clue is: “Fast food shop feeding trendy belle on a regular basis”.

“Fast” is the synonym – a colour that’s “fast” in a fabric for example is indelible.

The “food shop” is a DELI and it’s “feeding” (ie, inside) IN (ie, “trendy”) and the alternate letters from “belle” (ie, belle “on a regular basis”) which gives you the BLE at the end.   

The answer is a portmanteau word – “apes tried” “clothes” (ie contains) PEST – as in “aPES Tried”. The “20” presumably refers to the answer to 20ac or 20d, which perhaps is a type of pest?

Thank you for the explanation - much appreciated as always. I'd never have got that all sorted!! I didn't think of separating the 'Fast' from the 'Food', although I should have learnt that sort of thing by now, I suppose!  I had thought of 'regular basis' as being alternative letters, but when I finally got the answer, I just thought all the letters of belle had been used, but dotted around!



20 down is: : Listen playing it adds the sparkle to Christmas (6) and since the answer is tinsel, I suppose that could be considered a 'pest' but it's a bit far-fetched, isn't it?!

[SusanDoris]

Cryptic about two-thirds completed or maybe a bit more. I googled for one answer and a few synonyms, but that's fairly allowable I think!
However, a hint for a couple of the clues would be very helpful and much appreciated as always..

19 across: Loud noise having caught monkey eating duck (
Letters: - L - - - - s -

 It's a clue that has come up before, and I know monkey means £500 and duck can have a variety of meanings which is probably 0 in this case, but the answer eludes me at the moment.

There is also

21 across: Government's leader in wrong job, one indicates (
Letters: First either S or R, more likely S I think, and 7th S

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan, and Happy New Year to you and yours.

Cryptic about two-thirds completed or maybe a bit more. I googled for one answer and a few synonyms, but that's fairly allowable I think!
However, a hint for a couple of the clues would be very helpful and much appreciated as always..

19 across: Loud noise having caught monkey eating duck (
Letters: - L - - - - s -

 It's a clue that has come up before, and I know monkey means £500 and duck can have a variety of meanings which is probably 0 in this case, but the answer eludes me at the moment.

It’s pretty obscure this one, both the answer and the main part of the clue. “loud noise” is the synonym. “caught” in cricket is abbreviated to a single letter, then you need a type of monkey that contains (“eating”) a one-letter placemarker for “duck” (also as in a cricket score).   

There is also

21 across: Government's leader in wrong job, one indicates

(Letters: First either S or R, more likely S I think, and 7th S

More straightforward this one. I like your S at places one and seven, and the “leader” of “Government” is a single letter. Put that letter inside (“in”) a three-letter term that religious people tell us is a “wrong” then follow it with a four-letter word meaning “job” and you have a word for something that “indicates”, ie tells you which way to go.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan, and Happy New Year to you and yours.

Thank you and to you too. I hope your daughter enjoyed her first term at University.
What with great-grandson due in weeks and a wedding in September, 2020 should  be interesting!

It’s pretty obscure this one, both the answer and the main part of the clue. “loud noise” is the synonym. “caught” in cricket is abbreviated to a single letter, then you need a type of monkey that contains (“eating”) a one-letter placemarker for “duck” (also as in a cricket score).   

Thank you - that will need a bit of thinking. CLAP + E + O … hmmm

More straightforward this one. I like your S at places one and seven, and the “leader” of “Government” is a single letter. Put that letter inside (“in”) a three-letter term that religious people tell us is a “wrong” then follow it with a four-letter word meaning “job” and you have a word for something that “indicates”, ie tells you which way to go.

Thank you, so that is SIGNPOST.  I had thought of 'sign' but was thinking in terms of signifies but too many letters of course.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

Thank you - that will need a bit of thinking. CLAP + E + O … hmmm

No problem, but not CLAP (lose the P) and there's no E either. (And the O is the third from last letter by the way). The answer is not in common usage so isn't obvious, but the whole word means a loud noise.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

No problem, but not CLAP (lose the P) and there's no E either. (And the O is the third from last letter by the way). The answer is not in common usage so isn't obvious, but the whole word means a loud noise.

I think it is CLANGOUR  but don't quite see how the letters AN and UR come in! However, it has helped complete another two adjacent answers.

[Nearly Sane]

I think it is CLANGOUR  but don't quite see how the letters AN and UR come in! However, it has helped complete another two adjacent answers.

Langur is a type of monkey



https://www.britannica.com/animal/langur

[SusanDoris]

Langur is a type of monkey



https://www.britannica.com/animal/langur

Ah, yes, of course, thank you, and for the link too. There are still five or so incomplete answers to do.

[SusanDoris]

Actually, it turned out to be three. I've done two, but the last one is defeating me:
23 across: Provoked priest given as example (
Letters: E - I - I - E -

I've been thinking letters in the spaces, but May I have the answer, please?
L

[Nearly Sane]

Actually, it turned out to be three. I've done two, but the last one is defeating me:
23 across: Provoked priest given as example (
Letters: E - I - I - E -

I've been thinking letters in the spaces, but May I have the answer, please?
L

  The last five letters are a past tense verb for giving an example. I am left to think that the first three are an obscure biblical reference. If that doesn't help, happy to provide what I think is the answer. Don't like the clue.

[SusanDoris]

  The last five letters are a past tense verb for giving an example. I am left to think that the first three are an obscure biblical reference. If that doesn't help, happy to provide what I think is the answer. Don't like the clue.

I'm glad both you and bluehillside are saying you don't like the cluesI don't like either!  If the laste five letters are cited, then perhaps the first three are eli, but what ELICITED has to do with the clue, I don't know!
If elicited Is wrong, yes, I would likeg  the answer please.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

I'm glad both you and bluehillside are saying you don't like the cluesI don't like either!  If the laste five letters are cited, then perhaps the first three are eli, but what ELICITED has to do with the clue, I don't know!
If elicited Is wrong, yes, I would likeg  the answer please.

No, ELICITED is correct. If you provoke, say, an opinion from someone you elicit it, hence the synonym.

As NS says though, not a great clue at all.