Ev 1427

[professorplum13]

25a Fool of girl losing direction (3) ?SS must be ass / fool but the parse?
28a Country hampers' masses of soil (4) P?DS pads ? double defn ??

[mallyh]

l= left (l)ass

[aelmpvw]

25a (L)ass

[professorplum13]

Thank you ...of course ... i was fixated with north south .....!

[mallyh]

28 clod?

[elliemay1]

***?

[elliemay1]

S-O-D-S

[elliemay1]

//Sod or turf is grass and the part of the soil beneath it held together by its roots or another piece of thin material.//

[elliemay1]

probably should be a comma after hampers, but can't parse the first bit

[professorplum13]

Thanks but the P is defo correct...

[elliemay1]

Ok, back to the drawing board then!

[Neveracrossword]

28 Peds, in Chambers.

[professorplum13]

Thanks neveracrossword ...never heard of either of those defns...

[Neveracrossword]

PM, you're welcome. I'd tracked down the hampers, masses of soil, earlier.

[elliemay1]

Well done NAC

[Neveracrossword]

Elliemay1, thanks.

[hankir]

Chambers gives Ped as hamper and mass of soil.

[Neveracrossword]

Yes, Hankir, mentioned earlier.

[hankir]

sorry. Did not see NAC's response.