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[jenniferd]

Back again.
31d To encircle, over the channel. 9 E?C?I?D??
40d Flatter shade. 4 ?A?? (Pale?)
28d A North American sandpiper. 10 ?E?????E??
42a Financial Times nickname. 3,4,2 THE ???K ??

[slaney]

42a The Pink 'un
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pink'un

[baitress]

40d- fawn. to fawn over is to flatter.

[jenniferd]

Thanks for those 2 answers.
Am also having problems with 36a. ? pomonella the coddling moth 11. ??P?????S??
The word before pomonella begins with C and the word is much shorter than I need.

[Aquagility]

36a I have Laspeyresia

[Aquagility]

31d Enceindre

[teacher1]

28d Yellowlegs

[Aquagility]

Thank you for Yellowlegs, teacher1.

[jenniferd]

Thanks now to Aquagility and teacher 1. I had just found Laspeyresia which has made my answer to 32d wrong. I had Sophistic!!

[Aquagility]

Try casu, jenniferd.

[teacher1]

That bottom right-hand corner had me stumped for a long time ! lol ;o)

[jenniferd]

Sorry to be a bit dim, aquagility, but what do you mean by casu. Have tried it as the first 4 letters of 32d but One Look Dictionary didn't like it.

[teacher1]

Casuistic

[jenniferd]

Thanks teacher 1

[jenniferd]

Nearly there. Presume 33d A hydrous basic aluminium phosphate is Torbenite.
This gives 39a Meditterranean plant with seeds used for cooking and soap-making 5,6 as W?I?E (WHITE) ?E?I??

[bibblebub]

33d turquoise
39a white lupine

[jenniferd]

Thanks bibblebub. I saw both those words in the onelook on line dictionary and never checked them out. Got there at last.

[bibblebub]

you're welcome