stuck on 18 across: What 18 is especially? (5,3) A_O_E/_L_
18 across is "Everest". The only word I can think of for the three letter answer is Alp.
Any suggestions?...
27 Across: Very dry American, one associated with a conspiracy long ago (6)
I'm guessing that the answer is Dulles. Am I right? If not, any suggestions?
Ta...
20 across: Attendants argue dreadfully after note translated (9) I have 'altercate' but this messes up my answer for 9 down: Red-tops in cowardly campaign (6,5), the answer, I'm guessing, is 'yellow...
Sending up a distress flare for the last one today 4 Down: One meeting member regarding painting technique (7) I-P-S-O. I'm guessing that the second letter is M (for member) but I can't fathom the...
It's always the little ones that get yer. 25 across. Daughter approaching ship in little or no light (4). D?S? or it could be D?D?. The only word I can think of that fits is dusk but I can't quite...
Suitable nick (11). I can't seem to get off the ground with this.
I'm thinking along the lines of prison or the condition of an object.
Can anyone help?
Thanks...
Info given by staff about mature garden plant. G-L- - - - - - All I can come up with is "gelsemium" but only because there's a bit of a floral theme going on this week. Am I on the right...
Stck on the last 2 short clues: 17 across. Catch that female pinching article: _ E _ R 22 across. Forward's second goal: S _ N _ I can make a number of words fit but I'm blowed if I can connect them...
Aid needed for this one. It may lead to a divorce of they've arsenic prepared! (5-4,4) _ _ _ _ N - _ E _ R/ _ R _ T _ I've got 8 down tentatively marked as "Ephesus" but that would give me...
Characteristic of conventional type? Not half! (8) _ _ _ _ E _ T _ I thought "entirety" at first but it doesn't fit. Not sure about the E. I've got "rigmarole" for 13 across. Any...
