Spectator 2695

[Tilly2]

All done

I have the poem and can see the unclueds as prefixes but I can't find the word I'm looking for. I wanted it to be 41ac but I have 'shire' for that.

What's gone wrong?

[ProfessorMaisie]

'shire' is wrong - in fact the correct answer for 41ac is the opposite of the word you're looking for (which is in the poem's title).

[Tilly2]

Bump.

[Tilly2]

Sorry, didn't see you there, Prof.

 

[Tilly2]

Thank you. Got it now.

The penny's just dropped.

[teacher1]

Help please .... 23d. Pets being borne by chariots (8)   ?ar?sses

[Toorak]

Caresses - esse (being/essence) inside cars

[scorpiojo]

Car esse (being) s

[teacher1]

Brilliant .... thank you both.