The Mail on Sunday Sir Lancelot 536 Sunday July 15th 2012

[bob561941]

1a Local welfare fund ????????y ?????
9a Improve by adding to ???????
12a Head gear for sunny climes Pith Helmet ?
14a Italian wine Chianti ?
15d Pizza Topping Pepperoni ?

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[Brenden]

Community chest

[emeritus]

9a Enhance ?

[chris552]

1a society?

[Littlegem]

Community chest
Augment
Pith helmet
Chianti
Pepperoni

[wardlaw]

9a augment?

[dannyk13]

1a. Community chest
9a.Augment
12a.Pith helmet
14a.Chianti
15d Pepperoni

[bellawina]

could someone tell me if 12a head gear for sunny climes is pith helmet or with helmet

[bibblebub]

it's been given in 2 of the replies above

[bellawina]

thank you bibblebub i saw the answers but i also saw earlier that someone put with helmet,so was'nt sure who was right.I will go with pith but don't know how that answer came about,i don't understand the logic in the cryptic,perhaps you can explain it to me

[bibblebub]

those clues above are straightforward non-cryptics and since I don't have that paper you would need to post the cryptic clue

[bellawina]

bibblebub,the cryptic clue was Help them it may do in getting on ahead in the tropics.But thanks for your help anyway