14d Overcome by sleep briefly, stop being most lively (9) S-A-K-E-T 5d Something helpful brought round for inexperienced person (4) N-0- 23d Show one musical from the 1950s (4) -I-I 15a Short cut...
1a Character created by Boz-weightless like Uriah Heep. ????l?. Mr Google tells me that Boz was another name for Charles Dickens and that Uriah Heep was a character in David Copperfield but no idea...
5d Old jacket's wetter in the middle. d?u?|?t. Answer must be doublet which is indeed an old jacket but how does the "wetter in the middle" work, please?...
I have to make a payment to a business no later that 16 December. At present it charges 2% if I pay by credit card. http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/jul/27/cap-on-card-fees-retailers suggests...
Scarborough head sustained arrest (4,3) r-n-/n-b
On which cheat may have a bit left maybe (4) --d-
Desperately keen that friend keeps tool (5,3) ---e-/k--...
4d Like Jordan's explosive impact round North Brussels. Ans must be pneumatic being an anagram of impact around n eu. But why is pneumatic like Jordan's? Is it rhyming slang?...
I have trawled through all the cars on the market but I just can't find a petrol 4WD (doesn't have to be permanent) SUV with manual transmission. The reason for wanting petrol is that I understand...
6a Help Nancy and Jack first . ?b?? -looks like abet but if so who are Nancy and Jack , please -and unless very obvious, how does that get abet? Seems really hard today...
Getting nowhere with this today -is it just me? The answer to 3d "Novelist's plan involving group on river and volcano mostly written up" was given as Charlotte Bronte. I've spent 15mins trying to...
1a Bypass urban road ,say, and you'll get abuse. Answer given as "mistreat" but I can't see why . Bypass might be mis but I can't see the treat bit . Thanks ....
24a Pine , and what it may do in the wind. Ans was given as sigh . If you pine for something you long for it so how does pine =sigh and where does "what it may do in the wind" fit in , please? 20d...
13d artificial distortion of alien in film(10) 22d set compass and wander(5) 24a second during final round in game(6) 26a porter for instance carrying in language(6)
Stuck on a lot. All help appreciated 5ac - drive off and break speed limit, short of time (6) - ?????L 10ac - article in Times mostly full of Hindu texts (7) - ????R?C 12ac - beat the top five in the...
