Sorry Mark, Saturday Times Jumbo quick crossword. also stuck on 10 down lack of energy 9 letters (L_____OE and 12 down rabble-rousing activity 11 letters D_____E_E_Y Thanks in advance
That, to me, looks like an L followed by five spaces and OE, which makes eight letters, not nine. If you use question marks to indicate missing letters, it's so much easier for everyone...
Many thanks for answers, also tips on how to show missing letters, am new to using. thus storm is likely to be the answer to attack and capture a place, which I thought about but other answers I had didnt fit in. Any idea what the answer to `Form of charge to motorists' might be I have Road m?i?a?g