dt 25,302

[rotti]

Just stuck on a couple in the bottom righthand corner and would appreciate help.
25a. Doing away with former pupil through sound (9)
O------N-
18d. Offering job not starting before getting the parisian into trouble (8) O--A---N
19d. Pointed out new books appearing in the act (7) D-N---D.
Many thanks in advance.

[kayakamina]

25 Ob via ting

18 (j) ob lation

19 De n ot ed

[rotti]

Gosh that was quick! Thank you Kayakamina

[sarumite]

K .. if you are still there, would you please explain 18d in more detail .. i.e. lation ref parisian etc . thanks (S)

[kayakamina]

Hi S . Job not starting = Ob.+.'the' Parisian= La....+ into (trouble) tion....Ob la tion

[rotti]

If I understand it correctly,
Job not starting = OB
before getting 'the Parisian' =LA (the in French)
into trouble = TION (anagram)
Offering = OBLATION

[rotti]

Beat me to it K but I'm glad I understood the working!

[kayakamina]

Looking at my original post S i think i misled by not spacing lation as La tion

Cheers K

[sarumite]

Thanks both .. it should have been obvious .. but I can't rest when not certain how the answer is determined.