Tel Cryptic again

[spenser]

Anyone got any thoughts on

Hanging around Spain is punitive?  ???????N?

[ineedahobby]

nothing other than its probably a word meaning hanging around the letter E (for espania) meaning punitive and ending in ing!!!!

 

Wow what  great help I am!

[Quizmonkey]

...or even a word for punitive around E giving a word meaning hanging! And ending either in ING or ANT or ENT. Has me stumped though...

[ineedahobby]

shant sleep tonight unless some smart alec gets this!

[Quizmonkey]

You must be a ble to get some more letters - I can't believe there'd be eight unches in one word!

[kosoro]

Perhaps giving us one of the other clues would help assuming that the n is correct

[jan1956]

impending would fit the hanging bit it also has an E in the middle to do with espania as ineedahobby suggested

[ST]

Swingeing

[biley]

The N is correct. Have only just looked at this but to help - it is ?????E?N? - any help anyone?

[ineedahobby]

well that certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons!!!

[jan1956]

i think st is correct

 
swinge�ing [ sw�njing ]


adjective 
 
Definitions:
 
U.K. severe: causing great harm or hardship
swingeing cuts in spending

[hobbitess]

Well Done ST  -  Swingeing it is!!

[pajg]

swingeing

[spenser]

Wow - I left the house for a few hours yesterday and this is what I came back to!!  Thanks everyone.  I still don't really understand how we get swingeing from the words of the clue. I am going to have to learn to let it go!