Crossword Clues Part 2

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you - I have just edited the post and will keep thinking ... ...

The fourth letter of 8 down is now E, so I think the first word must be LONE ...

Lone is correct

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you - I have just edited the post and will keep thinking ... ...

The fourth letter of 8 down is now E, so I think the first word must be LONE ...

FEDERAL fits the first word of 9 down nicely, but is it too American?

Federal isn't correct. The last 4 letters of it are correct though.

[SusanDoris]

Federal isn't correct. The last 4 letters of it are correct though.

GThank you - I'll have another look tomorrow morning and hope my subconscious will have  been working in the meantime.

[SusanDoris]

Lone is correct

Thank you for your help. In fact, I'd turned the computer off, but as soon as I did so, I thought GENERAL STRIKE, so I turned on again. It seems a rather heavy-weight clue for that answer, so I think I'll try to avoid over-thinking tomorrow, especially as I've done another clue which was quite straight forward.

[SusanDoris]

Working out that the folowing clue is to do with a canon, I googled 'loading a canon' and the word 'carronade'came up. Fits nicely, but I can't quite work out why it fits the clue.

26 across: Move top article in magazine (9)

Any ideas, please?

[Nearly Sane]

Working out that the folowing clue is to do with a canon, I googled 'loading a canon' and the word 'carronade'came up. Fits nicely, but I can't quite work out why it fits the clue.

26 across: Move top article in magazine (9)

Any ideas, please?

It isn't to do with cannon, though armaments of a smaller kind are involved. The first 3 letters are correct.

[SusanDoris]

It isn't to do with cannon, though armaments of a smaller kind are involved. The first 3 letters are correct.

Oh dear! Thank you - I'll have to keep thinking ...

Plenty of time for that today, though - grey, windy and rain outside!

ETA Correction - sun is out and much brighter!

[SusanDoris]

For 26 across, CARTRIDGE fits, but doesn't seem to go with the clue.
Does the answer have something to do with CARBINEs? I've tried to find a word of 9 letters which sounds a bit like it but I cannotso I would appreciate a hint, please.

I've printed a fresh copy of the crossword - the first one is a mess!

It would help if I could work out

17 down: Flower opened, a daisy's beginning to come up (
Letters: - A - F - - - - -

DAFODIL fits nicely but that puts a D in 26 across, and DA is not upside down,   and my horticultural knowledge is poor!

'ETA I suppose CART could be move, and RIDGE could be top ..

[Nearly Sane]

Cartridge is correct.


Daffodil is also right. Da is start of daisy, and what's left reversed is Lid Off. 

[SusanDoris]

Cartridge is correct.


Daffodil is also right. Da is start of daisy, and what's left reversed is Lid Off.

Many thanks - that's encouraging!

[SusanDoris]

Finished the last two answers yesterday, (SOMALIAN- African very African; and ANDEAN - Official in college on range) but I would be interested to know what you think of the following clue. Is it a very clever one or an unlikeable one?!

Because I knew I'd never get the last across clue

28 across: Rich yellow food in salad stuffed in mouth, perhaps? (11)
Letters: - - L - A - - A - S -

I googled the answer, HOLLANDAISE; and no, ;I definitely wouldn't have got it. I can see that HOL ...E could be a synonym for mouth, but that's about all I can see.

[bluehillside Retd.]

Hi Susan,

It’s an anagram (“stuffed”) of IN SALAD inside a slang term for “mouth”, ie HOLE. Don’t love it as a clue, but it’s ok I think.

[SusanDoris]

Hi Susan,

It’s an anagram (“stuffed”) of IN SALAD inside a slang term for “mouth”, ie HOLE. Don’t love it as a clue, but it’s ok I think.

thank you, I certainly find it more interesting to know the answer to the how it fits the answer question.
It took me a couple of momentes to  sort that out, but I'll try and remember it, and also try to remember yet another marker for an anagram!

[SusanDoris]

A short tale of woe this weekend! I somehow managed to disconnect the computer from the internet on Saturday and all sorts of weird things appeared on the screen. My son e-mailed the Tech chap who, realising that this was an emergency!, came this morning to put things right. Some of my SuperNova settings are not quite right but that will be Dolphin who can fix that.

In the meantime, it meant I had no access to hints and help here or synonyms. 
 Thanks to all the help I've had here, I have been able to do a lot but a yes/no would be much appreciated for:

Are the letters right for:
2 down: Man's man perhaps is on spacecraft (
- S - A N D - -

ISLANDER fits nicely, and I have just asked google if there is a spacecraft named that, but drawn a blank.   

[Nearly Sane]

A short tale of woe this weekend! I somehow managed to disconnect the computer from the internet on Saturday and all sorts of weird things appeared on the screen. My son e-mailed the Tech chap who, realising that this was an emergency!, came this morning to put things right. Some of my SuperNova settings are not quite right but that will be Dolphin who can fix that.

In the meantime, it meant I had no access to hints and help here or synonyms. 
 Thanks to all the help I've had here, I have been able to do a lot but a yes/no would be much appreciated for:

Are the letters right for:
2 down: Man's man perhaps is on spacecraft (
- S - A N D - -

ISLANDER fits nicely, and I have just asked google if there is a spacecraft named that, but drawn a blank.

It's correct. The spacecraft is a lander, see link below.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lander_(spacecraft)

[SusanDoris]

It's correct. The spacecraft is a lander, see link below.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lander_(spacecraft)

Thank you for your help. Could you please say how 'Man's man perhaps' fits the answer?

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you for your help. Could you please say how 'Man's man perhaps' fits the answer?

Islander could be used to describe a man from the Isle of Man.

[SusanDoris]

Islander could be used to describe a man from the Isle of Man.

Ah, yes, of course, thank you.

[SusanDoris]

There are several clues still incomplete and I have googled two of them this morning, neither of which I would have got.

9 across is: Disorganised start to school fair around noon (
Letters: S - - - - - L -

I've thought of synonyms for 'disorganised' and for 'fair' but in the end I've googled the answer just now and it is SLOVENLY.

I reallycan't see the 'why' for that answer and would be most interested to know how it works.

[Aruntraveller]

There are several clues still incomplete and I have googled two of them this morning, neither of which I would have got.

9 across is: Disorganised start to school fair around noon (
Letters: S - - - - - L -

I've thought of synonyms for 'disorganised' and for 'fair' but in the end I've googled the answer just now and it is SLOVENLY.

I reallycan't see the 'why' for that answer and would be most interested to know how it works.

Seems a bit obscure to me, the only thing that occurs is the saying "All in love is fair" but I can't still make it work properly in my mind!

[Nearly Sane]

There are several clues still incomplete and I have googled two of them this morning, neither of which I would have got.

9 across is: Disorganised start to school fair around noon (
Letters: S - - - - - L -

I've thought of synonyms for 'disorganised' and for 'fair' but in the end I've googled the answer just now and it is SLOVENLY.

I reallycan't see the 'why' for that answer and would be most interested to know how it works.

I don't like this clue at all. As far as I can see the disorganised start is S from school. Around noon means taking N from noon, which leaves you with LOVELY as a synonym for fair. Ugly clue


ETA the whole thing is synonym for disorganised so a bit better. Still not my favourite

[Aruntraveller]

I don't like this clue at all. As far as I can see the disorganised start is S from school. Around noon means taking N from noon, which leaves you with LOVELY as a synonym for fair. Ugly clue


ETA the whole thing is synonym for disorganised so a bit better. Still not my favourite

Ah....that makes more sense!

[SusanDoris]

I don't like this clue at all. As far as I can see the disorganised start is S from school. Around noon means taking N from noon, which leaves you with LOVELY as a synonym for fair. Ugly clue


ETA the whole thing is synonym for disorganised so a bit better. Still not my favourite

Thank you for replies, NS and TV, much appreciated. I'm glad you think it is a poor clue. It helped with two down answers, but neither of them appeared to have much connection with its clue!

I did manage the last two clues without cheating, but not a  satisfying finish.

[Nearly Sane]

Thank you for replies, NS and TV, much appreciated. I'm glad you think it is a poor clue. It helped with two down answers, but neither of them appeared to have much connection with its clue!

I did manage the last two clues without cheating, but not a  satisfying finish.

If you want to put up the last 2 clues, happy to see if I can point out why.

[SusanDoris]

If you want to put up the last 2 clues, happy to see if I can point out why.

Thank you. Unfortunately, I've thrown it away and have only just seen this post.

Reading through today's, I thought a few of the answers were so easy, I must have misread them! However, they are obviously right and a coupl of sections complete. Some definitely not easy, so thought I'd have a look at Big Dave's hints. The ones I understood, I've already got right, but for the rest, I couldn't understand the hints!

I shall, ;however, work on it tomorrow and request the much better hintsalways appreciated,  given here, where necessary.