Saturday Times Cryptic 25765 Saturday April 19Th 2014

[chardon713]

Stuck on 18a
Lonely islander showing high speed device to kid possessing nothing (6) ?r?s?e

Your help gratefully received and acknowledged

[iminoz]

Crusoe

[chardon713]

OK ... I see the "lonely islander" as the straight clue ... but how does the rest of it work?

[diogenes44]

I can see the second part kid (ruse) containing nothing. Not sure about the C (high speed device).

[bibblebub]

high speed = C - the speed of light
device to kid = RUSE
possessing nothing = put O in that

c rusOe

(iminoz was all but there)

[chardon713]

OK ... many thanks

[bibblebub]

( i meant diogenes44 in my posting, so apologies to iminoz)