Scottish Field (May)

[johnT]

Clues annotated with (Sc) will be a Scottish or Scottish dialect word, term or slang. If not annotated (Sc) then it's a normal British/English word or term. I can't guarantee given letters are correct yet as it's difficult, sometimes with obscure spelling variations.

 

4d. Daybreak (Sc) (7) ?R?K?N?

9a. Boar or woodland clearing (6) E?E?L?

15a. Straight ahead (Sc) (7) ?N?W?YS (poss ?N?WAYS)

25a. Soaking wet (Sc) (10) S?L?O?G?N?

 

Many thanks

[Buenchico]

15a: https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/endways

[JimF]

25a Sploonging

[elliemay1]

4 skreigh?

[elliemay1]

^ //Skreigh o' day/Skreek o' day: The first light of dawn, the crack of dawn, or the peep of day. //

[johnT]

Elliemay1

4d. Daybreak (Sc) (7) ?R?K?N?

Unfortunately Skreigh or Skreek doesn't fit. But I have found that there's a term creek that can mean break of day or dawn - a variation of this is I found is KRIK, so although it appears not to be coming up in many searches - I suspect KRIKING is what they are after. PS. I'm pretty confident of adjoining clues/letter so I'm forced to go with it.

Please let me know if you find anything else.

Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: creek

[newmodarmy]

9a- are you sure that's the right clue and/or the right pattern?

[johnT]

newnodarmy

9a. Boar or woodland clearing (6) E?E?L?

I now have as EVERLY which as an old English word meaning 'from the boar meadow' Ever or eorfor refers to wild boar while ly. lea or Leah refers to woodland clearing or meadow.

[newmodarmy]

Looks good, well done. I think it's simply a straight clue rather than a sounds like  eorfor  lea   as there's no sounds like indicator in the clue

https://www.thebump.com/b/everly-baby-name

[Deersold1]

How did you get the N  for 4 down?  Ie what do you have for 14 across? Risky. ??- ??n?I?

I had un-cannie, so I've obviously got it wrong.

[Deersold1]

Is it Na- cannie for 14 across. I too can't get 4 down. Daybreak. ?R?K???

[Deersold1]

Is it Na- cannie for 14 across. I too can't get 4 down. Daybreak. ?R?K??? Or 'Go-cannie' if the skreigh is right. That means 10 across...'Ill trickit' would be wrong.

[johnT]

NO CANNIE

CANNIE is a variant of canny and means safe or free from risk (also shrewd, clever, cunning or cautious or gentle etc).

NO CANNIE is the opposite (risky)

CA CANNIE (or CA CANNY) refers to 'proceed warily' or 'to be moderate' or go slowly etc).

So I've gone with NO CANNIE (and it has been used in this crossword previously - and been asked and answered on this site before). Also, first letter N fits with 4d.

Never come across Na Cannie

[johnT]

Deersold1

PS. I don't know how to post links on this site, but if you copy or copy and paste this into your browser - you might have a nice surprise!

Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: DOST :: greking

 

[Deersold1]

Ah brilliant,  I love you  Haha. The setter must be using that other than my 2 Scots language  books. It was doing  my head in. I preferred it when it was a cryptic  crossword  and you could always work it out. 

I'm going for the socks now! 

[Rotovator01]

stuck on a couple and not getting anywhere - any help appreciated

19d a narrow mountain pass (Sc) (7) ?e?????

28a A shoemaker (Sc) (8) ??a?????

10a Mischievous (Sc) (3-7) ?n? T?i???l

oops last one

8a titled person appointed by the monarch (4,4) ?r?e ?e??

 

thanks again

[johnT]

19d. Bealach

28a. Cordiner

10a. Ill Trickit

8a. Life Peer

[Rotovator01]

Cheers for the answer - i know where i went wrong now!