Polymath 955

[AMartinP]

I seem to have a clash between 13a ("The wentletrap genus" = seasnail) and 8d ("A Maori leader or chief" = rangatira): the two clash in the grid. Can anybody enlighten me, please?

[Captain2]

Both seem plausible - where do they clash, letter wise?

[dannyk13]

Seashell?

[Mamyalynne]

Scalaria

[dannyk13]

http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Gastropoda/Epitoniidae.html

[Captain2]

Nice one Mamya; just found and printed the crossword, so that's another one for later today.

[Mamyalynne]

Lots of looking up, did it last night.

[Captain2]

Do you manage to fit anything else in a day Mamya - apart from crosswords and puzzles? ;0)))

Yes, I do like a good General Knowledge crossword as well as the cryptics.

[dannyk13]

The opposite for me Capt, I absolutely hate the Monday Prize GK in the Telegraph.

[Mamyalynne]

As I sit here draped in cobwebs - no, not really :-(

I like a GK as a break too, that's where my love of crosswords began.

[AMartinP]

Thank you very much: never heard of "scalaria"......but I have now, although no doubt I'll have forgotten it by tomorrow. Thank you again.