Generalist

[captainandy]

North Irish metaphor for a state of collapse (6, 6).

Thank you,

Captain Andy

[roslyn251254]

Do you have any letters besides the starting letter B??

[JoolsTwo]

There aren't any letters Roslyn just the first letter for each clue and then you have to fit them into the correct grid - it's the usual Generalist just before Christmas. Still trying to find the last 5 myself and this is one of them. :-)

[roslyn251254]

Yes, I'm on it too, my right hand grid is full and I'm working on the left grid fitting in the words I have. I have 2 unsolved but hope to make progress when I see where they fit in my grid! All good fun - I love a jigsaw puzzle!

[JoolsTwo]

Yes me too - But I still have 5 clues to find. :-)

[roslyn251254]

My grids are full now apart from the B one (6,6). Must be a strange word as I have all the crossing letters and can't see it in Chambers so far! Think I'll try and get the second bit of it and work backwards!

[JoolsTwo]

I'm down to 2 clues to find now but still don't have the B one.

[roslyn251254]

beaten docket? beaten pocket?

[mazie]

Beaten Docket

[JoolsTwo]

How does that phrase come about Mazie? I've been googleing and can't seem to find any reference to that. Sorry, I like to understand. :-)

[08012006]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markdevenport/2007/11/a_beaten_docket.html
Mark Devenport | 13:12 UK time, Thursday, 29 November 2007
Will our only Green MLA Brian Wilson be celebrating the turn of the month, or crying into his fair trade coffee? That may depend on what happens on the world oil markets. The North Down MLA has placed a £10 bet that the price of oil will hit US $100 a barrel by December 1st. If he wins he intends to give his winnings to the Fuel Poverty Campaign. So his bet is less a money making venture more an attempt to use the bookies as a way to illustrate his case that we will all be beaten dockets if we don't develop renewable energy sources soon.