Fri D Mail No.14,457

[bryand]

14a) Independent's not told? (9) ??R???T??
(14d) Like waiting room patients or the water they drank? (9) ????E?T??
18d) Eddie's after good portion of turkey (7) no letters
27a) like some flowers dispatched, say, to journalist (7) ????T??
All help greatly appreciated.

[sandyRoe]

27 scented

[sandyRoe]

14a unrelated?

[sandyRoe]

14d untreated

[vakayu]

18d gizzard

[bryand]

Thankyou again sandyRoe and vakayu, for your help. Can you please explain 14d) Untreated. I have just got Crocodile for 16a) which would give me following letters for 14d) U?I?E?T??

[emmie]

croquette.. not crocodile

[sandyRoe]

While they're in the waiting room they haven't yet seen the doctor? They're untreated

[vakayu]

You're welcome and good luck.

[emmie]

croc q ette

[sandyRoe]

can't see the relevance of the watery part of the clue, though

[emmie]

untreated water...

[sandyRoe]

maybe drinking the untreated water was what caused the need for a visit to the doctor?

[emmie]

very likely,