Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword 26,666 Saturday September 24th 2011

[gazza]

MORNING ALL,
PLEASE COULDYOU HELP.

13A GROUNBREAKER NEEDS DIRECTION- STREET DISRUPTED (11)

1A WHAT BIRDS DO TO CAUSE DEPRESSIN? (4,4)


MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP

[sandyRoe]

1a grow down?

[bibblebub]

13a trendsetter

[sandyRoe]

^^^ Maybe not 'grow down' but probably something Down

[bibblebub]

gets down ?

[sandyRoe]

Whats 1 down? would give us the initial letter in 1a.

[roslyn251254]

If you have the paper , could you please give us the 4 shaded clues for the KM links game (seekerz unable to get online so far today)

[tyrepill]

1a Come down ?

[roslyn251254]

wear down?

[JMR27]

cast down

[Hoffy]

I guess it is cast down. I have 1d as charge and 2d as strove Good luck

[JMR27]

Is AB running slow?

[Vimto]

Yes, I'm having trouble with this top-right corner:
1down. Clue: Accusation of assault? (6) ??A?G?. I have CHARGE which seems ok.
2 down. Clue: Tried hard to get right within range (6) ??R?V? I have STROVE which again seems fine.
This gives 1 accross (see clue above) C?S? D?W? Something wrong! Help please.

[sandyRoe]

Vimto, see JMR27's answer: Cast down

[Vimto]

Yes, palestani, I have seen it but where do "birds" come into it? Do birds "cast down" and if so what does it mean? Are we talking about Trafalgar Square pigeons here?

[bibblebub]

down is the soft feathers of a young bird which are eventually moulted i.e. cast

[sandyRoe]

down is the first feathers on a bird. They'd cast down before the adult feathers developed

[Vimto]

Ah yes, I see it now. I'm going back to my eiderdown and start again! Many thanks to all

[johndeeby]

1a young birds cast down. downcast is depressed