rte guide 29

[scooke]

what the pessimist will do with endlessly open holes to undo(4,4) ?o??, i???
one of five by the bead would make ten of one indeed!(6) ???a?e

[bibblebub]

1) lose hope = anagram of (o)pen holes

[bibblebub]

should have been - ope(n) holes

[scooke]

thanks bibblebub think other answer is decade ?e?a?e ?

[bibblebub]

yes - a decade is a set of 10 beads on a rosary, and a rosary has 5 decades http://mb-soft.com/believe/txh/rosary.htm

(sorry for being so slow to respond but am doing a mega-download which is making things sooooo slow)

[crosswordfan]

Decade....as in Rosary