Two Impossible Ones !!

[Wilbo]

Virginia's taking out one member of the ruling party wearing war decoration...... Five letters

A country to show success .....Five letters

[dannyk13]

Any letters placed Wilbo?

[Wilbo]

Hi Danny

You have to get the solutions and then fit them into a blank grid. To be honest it is above my level...I am a Times solver, no more ....but I am interested to get the answers to try and learn a higher level.

[Baldric]

Alumni, CAM Crossword ??

http://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/magazine/crossword

[Mamyalynne]

It is.

[Mamyalynne]

If I were you Wilbo,I would try pencilling some of the ones you had answered last night in - then it may start to fall in place and give you some letters in the others.

[Baldric]

Please confirm, across clues, there are two with 7 letters, I can't find any across word spaces to fit 7 letters.
There are no down clues with 7 letters yet there are two down word spaces
to fit 7 letters.

Are the clues wrongly labelled or do I need Specsavers?

[Mamyalynne]

Have you read the 'special instructions' Baldric?


That's why I don't do this type of crossword.

[Mamyalynne]

I get a headache just reading the preamble.

[dannyk13]

Hi Baldric, does this help
//When the answers have been entered in the grid five entries (of lengths 8, 7, 7, 6 and 5) will be vacant, and some will include one or two empty cells//

[Baldric]

I'm off to Specsavers!!!!
;o)

[dannyk13]

On your way there could call at a chemist and get me some aspirin.

[Baldric]

Will do!

[Mamyalynne]

Passing a cake shop?

[scorpiojo]

Or an off-licence?

[Mamyalynne]

Alki ^

[Baldric]

Hold on I'll get a bigger bag!

[scorpiojo]

Yep ;o)

[Mamyalynne]

I meant Alka Seltzer - honest

[scorpiojo]

Hmmmm :)

[ichkeria]

Interesting puzzle: I can see that the answer to the Virginia clue is ICING (ICE meaning to 'take out' in the US and then you have I (one) IN (member of the ruling party) 'wearing' CG (Croix de Guerre) )

Don't forget the answers in each list are in alphabetical order which should hep a bit