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[Mrsspagnoli57]

Can't get my head around this one this week-after lots of crossing out I'm left with the following-help if poss-thanks
2d ?e?p?r?? Venus,revolving sphere above America (8)
6d ?t??? Regularly sets up days for research (5)
11a n?r?a??? Mean boy here in France (8)
14a Part of Angela's files,reject cash exchange (7 and 8) ?e???c?/f?e???e?
15d Excited beaver first around extinct animal (4 and 4) ??v?/b?a? could this be cave bear and why-apart from the beaver anagram?

[mazie]

2d Hesperus

[Frank97]

6d study

[slaney]

2d Hesperus - another name for Venus. Anagram of sphere+US

[johnalex]

15d Cave Bear . . . ca=circa/about + anag beaver

[bibblebub]

2d) Hesperus
6d) study
11a) Normandy

15a) anagram of 'beaver' following around = CA. [circa]

[slaney]

11a Norm andy

[bookbinder]

15d Cave bear. Anagram of beaver and ca.
Ca is short for circa, which means 'around', e.g. circa 1492, he sailed away; that costs circa £250.

[Lie-in King]

2d Hesperus - anag 'sphere' + 'US'
6d Study - regular letters of 'SeTs Up DaYs'
11a Norm-Andy
14a Jessica Fletcher (part of Angela Lansbury) - anag 'files reject cash'
15d Cave bear - C(irca - around) + anag 'beaver'

[bibblebub]

14a) Jessica Fletcher - Angela Lansbury in Murder She Wrote

[Lie-in King]

Apologies, ^ 'CA' for 'circa'

Having a bad day here :-)

[Mrsspagnoli57]

Thanks to all.....normally try to figure them out but just stumped with it this week.

[ISLANDLADY]

where do you get the r f rom in venus clue? I made it level crossing across. was I wrong? 11a is normandy I think

[ISLANDLADY]

sorry - how come I can't see other people have answered before I put mine in? I'm doing something wrong here....

[ISLANDLADY]

re my other two answers above it's zebra obviously sorry!