any idea of the following cryptic clues (no letters as answers are altered somehow) 1) Gossip about hospital in recession ( 4 letters ) 2) Armour adapted to fit into hollow part we hear ( 4 letters) 3) About four pints of Merlot, half evaporated (4 letters ) 4) Predator's early days provided violence ( 6 letters ) many thanks mm
Are you sure these are normal cryptics (I haven't done this week's Inquisitor)? Check the preamble. 1 looks like shag (H in GAS, all backwards) - but there's obviously no def in the clue.
thanks to both of you I now have 10 of the 12 answers, all of which so far appear to be ordinary, they 'map' indirectly on to their grid entries (whatever that means)