Daily Telegraph Cryptic 27642 Saturday November 8Th 2014

[snipebird]

18a. Spend childhood accomadating grandparents first whim. ?...... .a.c.

[scorpiojo]

(In) fancy

[factor-fiction]

I'm not sure whether each dot represents a letter. how many letters please?

[ubasses]

passing fancy

[factor-fiction]

Ah- so it's 5 not 11 letters

[DTCwordfan]

passing fancy

[factor-fiction]

Oh- so maybe it's 12

[Baldric]

3. Remember: Not everyone will have a copy of the crossword in front of them, so please write the clue EXACTLY as it appears, the number of letters required and which (if any) you already know e.g.
Excellent on-line resource for answering questions (10) A?SWE?B?NK

[DTCwordfan]

snipe, it helps to have the letters, like 7-5, or ---s---g/-a-c-

[scorpiojo]

?????s would be easier to read

[Baldric]

You really do need to read these

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/article/etiquette-for-asking-a-quiz-puzzle-or-crossword-question/

[DTCwordfan]

I thought that was ArSWEdBuNK, Balders......

[snipebird]

My apologies and thanks to you all.