Ft 15898

[callyatl]

2 please

4d retired irishman's first to start singing the blues
S?D?E??

9d bachelors avoid cribs, bibs and mess ?R?S??

Thanks for any help

[JJ109]

9d Crisis

[JJ109]

remove b(achelor) from the words cri(b)s (b)i(b)s = crisis (mess)

[JJ109]

sadness

[Captain2]

Sadness

[Captain2]

sorry JJ your second wasn't there when I last 'looked'

[callyatl]

Thanks to you both

[JJ109]

You're welcome - I am struggling to parse "sadness" though - I can see parts but I can't put it all together

[scorpiojo]

Enda (Irish make/female name)'s + s(tart) s(inging)?

[scorpiojo]

*male, not make...

[JJ109]

Thanks Jo - I wasn't aware Enda was a name!

[scorpiojo]

Welcome, JJ :-)