Sunday Times Prize Crossword 4454 Sunday October 9th 2011

[kapple999]

stuck on the bottom right corner ............

20A : what binds religious chaps at front of temple (6) : C?M?N? : CEMENT? But why?
25D : irish rock star carries german drum (5) ????O
23D : pointless request to umpire is to cause dismay (5) : A???L

[Captain2]

25d Bon g o

[dr b]

C.E. Men + T
BON(G)O
APP(e)AL

[boxtops]

Religious - CE
chaps - MEN
front of Temple - T
Cement

[shaneystar2]

25 Bon(g)o

[glasman]

25d Bongo
23d Appal

[ichkeria]

CEMENT, BONGO and APPAL

CE MEN are Church of England men

[BertieButton]

CE=english church, chaps=men and front of temple is T

[roslyn251254]

20a ce(church) men(chaps) t(first letter of temple)
25d bongo
23d app(e)al

[kinkajou2]

Church of England C.E.Men t - front of temple t - cement binds

[Valanne]

religious chaps = CE men in front of T(emple)
25d bongo

[ichkeria]

...I should add that "CE" seems a bit of a stretch for "religious " but there you go.

[glasman]

CE .........Church of England
MEN...............chaps
T..................front of temple

[kapple999]

Thanks very much all of you