Can Anyone Help Me Out?

[LilaBel]

The Herald prize Christmas crossword
5 down :card with kendal view but no others...w-a-e
97 across :close stairways have these issues.. W-l-s.. Wells?
98across: sure that's how it's spelt-see a recipe s-c-a- .

[LilaBel]

Fiction factory it's 4 letters -q-i
Clue: they provided entertainment in circus or harlequinade. No it doesn't cross 97across

[fiction-factory]

EQUI is hidden in the clue so looks fine if that is a word

[Mamyalynne]

Kind though that is, it's really not true.

Thank you though.

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry, with the .... thought it was longer.

[fiction-factory]

Equi, genitive singular and nominative plural of Latin word "equus" meaning horse,

[LilaBel]

Thanks fiction factory.. Yes I saw that equi was in the clue..I just wasn't sure if it was a word. I could see the connection with horses