Sunday Mail 7 Days Mag

[No-Puffin]

Stuck on last two (think I have correct letters)
26(d) Hesitates S???P?E?
31(a) ..... to, intimate with (5) ???v?

[mac44]

26d. scruples

[mac44]

31a. close to?

[sedge47]

31a privy ?

[mac44]

Just been thanks sedge :-)

[No-Puffin]

scruples knocks out close to and I have a 'V' for Valet rather than privy - any other ideas appreciated

[scorpiojo]

If privy is correct, what letters would you have for 26d?

[No-Puffin]

S?R?P?E? - which would make scruples correct and let me have Valet for manservant

[Tilly2]

What about scrupled?

[scorpiojo]

Sorted?

[fiction-factory]

stumbles?
I am not sure whether you are saying you have VALET for 31a as privy seems fine

[No-Puffin]

Think I will try scruples and privy (at least they fit in). Thank you all.

[fiction-factory]

Okay -crossed posts. I was confused by your 9:23 post

[scorpiojo]

3rd person present: scruples
1.
hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong.
"she doesn't scruple to ask her parents for money"
synonyms: hesitate, be reluctant, be loath, have qualms about, have scruples about, have misgivings about, have reservations about, stick at, think twice about, baulk at, demur about/from, mind doing something; More

[scorpiojo]

privy
ˈprɪvi/
adjective
1.
sharing in the knowledge of (something secret or private).
"he was no longer privy to her innermost thoughts"
synonyms: aware of, acquainted with, in on, informed of, advised of, apprised of, in the know about, cognizant of; More