Pmu

[onslo]

need help please with pmu issue 49/50 puzzle 9 16a crystallised fruit ingredient used in xmas pudding,23a investigative committee ?????n?l,13d provoke,worsen ?????e? peel,18d overheard attack ?I? ??I? thanks

[scorpiojo]

Orange peel? How many letters?

[scorpiojo]

Mixed peel?

[factor-fiction]

23a seen as tribunal in Crosswords section

[scorpiojo]

18 air raid? Overhead?

[factor-fiction]

I think you are showing the 16a pattern for 13d

[Captain2]

18 air raid

[factor-fiction]

candid peel?

[factor-fiction]

air raid will be right.
I was fooled by the OVERHEARD and was looking for a cryptic 'sounds like' answer

[scorpiojo]

Candied

[factor-fiction]

I meant candied not candid!

[factor-fiction]

Lol, seconds too late again.

[onslo]

sorry not written right crystallised fruit ingredient used in xmas puddings 7&4 ?????e? peel thanks factoron & scorpiojo

[scorpiojo]

Does that give you any more letters for 13d, onslo?

[onslo]

thanks captain2

[factor-fiction]

I'm not sure we know the letter count for 13d yet

[scorpiojo]

Ok, let's guess...exacerbate?

[onslo]

provoke,worsen a?a?e?b?t? 10letters

[scorpiojo]

Exacerbate

[scorpiojo]

What gives you the first A, onslo?

[onslo]

finished thanks to scorpiojo,captain2 and factor-fiction my head not working tonite