Dm 29 May 2018 12D

[MChis]

12d. Render a service collecting excise (5) E?A?E

Evate looks like the answer, but is it a word? Can't find it in any dictionary.

[dannyk13]

Erase

[dannyk13]

Hidden in clue

[fiction-factory]

erase is hidden in clue

[fiction-factory]

I haven't parsed it yet though

[mac44]

rendER A SErvice

[mac44]

Excise

1.1 Remove (a section) from a text or piece of music.
‘the clauses were excised from the treaty’

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. I only knew the tax/duty meaning of excise,

[MChis]

Thank you all! We're sitting here hitting ourselves over the head for being so dim!

Best wishes to all,

Ali & Malli