Rte Guide 34

[Bernie]

18a. The path to follow, as pictured with rainbows, to wonderful Australia in short (6,5,4)?e?l?? ?r?c? r?a?
27d. ... on the framework you work on(4)??t?
15a. "What's it all about Alfie?" Hamlet contracted with a couplet!(2,2)
Many thanks

[bobbinwales]

Elton John SOng

[Calibax]

15a Soliloquy

[bobbinwales]

Its 2,2- maybe So So,,,, but who knows with RTE!

[Bernie]

Sorry, I should have given letter pattern for 15a. It is(2,2) ?? b?
Wondering is it 'to be'
18a. I have a few more letters. ?e?l?w ?r?c? R?a?. Does Yellow Brick Road make sense?

[Hazlinny]

18a Yes - in the Wizard of Oz.

[cashier]

18 yes Bernie. Australia in short is Oz

[Captain2]

15a To be

[Captain2]

Seen your 27d answered but as 17d?


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[Bernie]

Many thanks to you all for help. Much appreciated.

[bobbinwales]

Sorry calibax... i guess yours for 15a was a hint like mine for 18a.
To be is probably right but i dont get the Alfie bit

[Calibax]

^I assumed that it was just that the song associated with the film Alfie pondered on the same existential questions as Hamlet's soliloquy and that the clue was in the delightfully quirky style that the rte often adopts.