The Week 1221

[TioMateo]

1) Not enough time given to survey (5) S????
2) Put off stuffing last of spaghetti? I should be (6) D?????
3) Bit of antipasti in pecan nuts? (6) ?A????
4) Game played in small car? (6) ?E????
5) Medical condition of Washington secretary, a relative (8) S?E?O?I?
Plus clue of the week (originally in The Sunday Times - Dean Mayer) :- Pull up when one's dropped anchor (4) H???

[Captain2]

1 scan-t

[Captain2]

CoW Ho(i)st

[Toorak]

5 stenosis

[Captain2]

2 D-i-eter

[Captain2]

4 Beetle

[Mamyalynne]

3 Canape

[Captain2]

Put me out of my misery Mamya, where does the extra 'A' come from?

[Toorak]

A(ntipasta)

[Captain2]

Ah, I thought 'Bit of antipasti' was the definition. Thanks.

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry, I should have parsed

[Toorak]

I think that ‘bit’ is the definition

[Mamyalynne]

...or - nuts?

[Mamyalynne]

Ignore my ramblings :-)

[Captain2]

I'm losing it! ;)))
Thought nuts was the anagram indicator and without the 'bit of' how would you know to take just the 'A' for antipasti?

Never mind, it's the heat.

[Toorak]

Good point - I give up ;-)

[Mamyalynne]

Let's pretend we never saw it.

[TioMateo]

Thank you everybody. Captain 2, forgive my ignorance, but what does CoW mean in the answer you gave? (Host, which is -now- obviously correct).

[fiction-factory]

CoW= Clue of Week

[fiction-factory]

"CoW" used as there was clue number