Daily Mail Prize Crossword Tuesday June 7Th 2016

[redsokk]

13 A Not much pressure around Easter, so they say 6L P?S?A?

Where's Retro these days?

[sandyRoe]

Pascal.

[mac44]

Pascal. Retro has been in hospital for a few days.

[MargoTester]

Pascal He is back in hospital Red after suffering from breathing difficulties post op. Now feeling a lot better and should be back home by the end of the week

[sandyRoe]

^Thats good to hear.im sure he knows he has he has the best regards of all on AB.^

[fiction-factory]

I can see the definition but am not sure of the wordplay here- is it a reference to Pasch?

[sandyRoe]

The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the SI derived unit of pressure used to quantify internal pressure, stress, Young's modulus ...
Then there's Paschal, Easter

[mac44]

sounds like Paschal.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. I had heard of Pasch/Pascha (though I thought it had a SH sound) but never Paschal but I suppose it's an adjective of these

[redsokk]

Thanks Sandy, Margo, Mac etc and good to hear Retro is on the up.