Daily Telegraph Toughie Wednesday January 1St 2014

[catsrcool]

6dn Sting's flair for setting up bass (7) r?????n
7dn Bell public house about to enter a draw? (5,4) p???? ?a?l phone call? why?

[BigDave44]

6d (Paul) Robeson (bass) = rob + nose reversed

7d PH (public house) + C(irca) inside ONE ALL (draw)

[dannyk13]

6d.Robeson (Paul)
7d.Phone call (public house = ph + about = c in a draw = one all)

[catsrcool]

Thanks
if 6dn Dean's party ruined NYE (5) d?e?? = doyen then? 12ac ends in n
12ac Report that is rejected about one type of drink (7) e??s?e??

[BigDave44]

8d yes

12a EISWEIN (ice wine in German) = NEWS (report) + IE (that is) reversed around I (one)

[dannyk13]

12a. Eiswein ( Ie + news round i reversed)

[Ichor]

I cant't do those two either BUT 10 ac will give you a 'B' in 6d & an 'O' on 7d = 10 ac -BOOZY - Boy with Oz inside

[catsrcool]

Thank you happy new year

[BigDave44]

@ dannyk13

Fancy having a go at blogging?

[dannyk13]

Big Dave. Not really, I don't have a lot of spare time.How about Lie-in-king?

[BigDave44]

I have asked him on numerous occasions!