Daily Express

[Lisa-Bee]

only got 2 to get - looking for the answer to 6A - left three bearings and a piece of glass - -e--
Also 8 down - pace to take exercise is plain - --e-p-

[Oldred]

lens

[HowardKennitby]

steppe

[mazie]

8d Steppe

[Oldred]

steppe

[Fibonacci]

8d step + pe - steppe

[factor-fiction]

Ah- it looked like 5 letters to me!

[dannyk13]

8d.Steppe

[factor-fiction]

Lisa - you have your answers but I found this confusing as I miscounted the number of letters as you used an extra dash. The best way is to use question marks for missing letters I think

[Fibonacci]

I agree confusing using "-" for letters missing I prefer "?"

[Lisa-Bee]

my apologies. After I did it I thought it would be confusing!