azed 1995

[hankir]

1A. Is the first letter of the solution R?

14 A. One among 100 peripheral Native American Languages. (7) ?AD??A?

[boxtops]

what's the clue to the first one, please?

[ladyalex]

14a Caddoan ???

[hankir]

Cracks in road absorbent - they feature whorls (4) ??BS

[leprof]

14A Caddoan

[glasman]

Caddoan??

[boxtops]

Dabs - in the clue - RoaD ABSorbent

[glasman]

Dabs

[leprof]

Dabs

[hankir]

Thanks to all of you.
I thought 1 D was either duck soup or rock soup but now I have it as DOC?SOU?.

[pjwillcox]

DOCUSOAP

[greyfox]

Do cu soap

[greyfox]

Apologies for duplication - got distracted mid-reply.

[mullingar]

I thought I'd completed this without too ,much difficulty but then I noticed 4down Bolt supplying first bit of cotton skirt (4) I have CHU? As far as I can see there is nothing in Chambers which corresponds to anything in the clue. Chubb has two B's and chug and chut and chum all seem to miss the mark Help please ps How can I post my question on the main board?

[kayakamina]

C (first of cotton) + HUG (skirt) = CHUG

Does this mean bolt??

[mullingar]

chug-a short dull explosive noise as of an internal combustion engine-to make a chugging noise- to move while making such a noise- It's a bit thin don't you think K?

[kayakamina]

That's what I thought when I looked it up in Chambers.

The wordplay seems ok however, & I submitted my entry with Chug so we will see if anyone else can elaborate.

Cheers K