wee stinker

[davey b]

One Viola ran for OL?V?A

Samuel's strap B?R?ER

[kayakamina]

Olivia

Barber

[davey b]

Thanks kayakamina. Could you please explain the answers?

[DocHH]

OLIVIA is an anagram of I (one) and VIOLA
Samuel Barber is a composer, and strap is a slang word for barber, after Hugh Strap in Smollett's "Roderick Random"

[davey b]

Thanks DocHH. I see OLIVIA is an anagram,but where is the definition part of the clue and where does RAN FOR fit in?

[bibblebub]

ran indicates an anagram but also in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Viola, digsuised as a man, is a messenger between Olivia and Orsino i.e. she runs messages.

[davey b]

Thanks bibblebub.

[Jemisa]

I must say they seemed p!ss easy, what comic were they in The Beano?