Dm Tues

[barnaclebill58]

I don't think I can recall a harder one. I'm not yet half way through. Today's Telegraph was much harder
1d Pause to relax on entering swimming pool with Anglicans. Ans has been given as breathing space . I think the swimming pool is a spa though I'd say there was a big difference between a pool)and Anglicans are Church of England but how does breathing =to relax on entering, please?
8d Old man bags top class genuine ground within a country . Ans given as Papua New Guinea but while there is an anagram of genuine and pa or papa I just can't get the rest.
7d European gathers up treasure. E?t?e?. A word solver suggests esteem but how does meets=gathers?
15a Habit of stripping or vice versa N?????.
Thanks

[barnaclebill58]

Telegraph much easier not harder ooops

[dannyk13]

Breathing space
Papua New Guinea
Esteem
Nudism

[nescio]

re in bathing spa ce

[Mamyalynne]

1d Re(on) in Bathing Spa + CE (Anglican)

[Mamyalynne]

7d Meets E, both up

[klazomaniac]

Papa with U inside (top class/upper) +Genuine anag +W(ithin) + A

[Mamyalynne]

8 Papa round U(top class) + anag genuine w(ithin) a

[dannyk13]

8d. u(top class) inside papa(old man) + W(with) inside anagram of genuine + a.

[barnaclebill58]

How does nudism work , please? Where does vice versa come in?

[dannyk13]

7d. A meet is a gathering as in a hunting meet.

[Mamyalynne]

Habit of stripping or stripping of habit both leave one nude

[klazomaniac]

Sorry. 'W' stands for W(ith) 'In' is the direction indicator, as to wher to put the 'W'. I.E. put 'W' in the anagram of Genuine.

[dannyk13]

Habit (dress) opposite ( vice versa) of nudism

[JJ109]

for meets = gathers
def 20 from Collins A meet is when riders and dogs gather somewhere before they set off on a fox hunt

+ other gatherings

[dannyk13]

Nudism- Mamyalynne's parse is better.

[barnaclebill58]

Thanks all. I'm not beating up myself up about that lot .

[dannyk13]

Bill, it's a rare occasion when the Mail is harder then the Telegraph.:-)

[brainiac]

You should change to the Times, bill - better (harder) crossword, better paper.