DT 27,020

[mikey4444]

Last couple...

6a....Writer of plays safe for audience....?S??....SHAW ?
13a...Get little beauty outside of car....?I?I?I??....MINIMISE ?

[bibblebub]

6a) yes - sounds like sure

13a) DIMINISH = 'dish' outside 'mini'

[mikey4444]

Good Morning bibs !
Thanks.

[bibblebub]

you're welcome

[mikey4444]

Bibs...can I have another one please ?
8d....Dignitaries or head of state beset by cats....W???H?P?

[bibblebub]

WORSHIPS = dignitaries

or = OR
head of State = S
beset by cats = put both those ^ inside WHIPS - a cat being a whip

W or s HIPS

[mikey4444]

Bibs...last one I promise !
10a...Person in chrage succeeded initially in pitch...?T?R
I suppose this is TSAR, ie Russian crown, but not entirely sure why ?

[bibblebub]

Succeeded initially= S
pitch = TAR

T s AR

[bibblebub]

and tsar is used in other contexts e.g. in recent years there has been a drugs tsar/czar used by the government for advice

[mikey4444]

Of course !...You are clever bibs !

[MCC]

I just have to say - 'Shaw' doesn't sound the least like 'sure' where I come from - I think that's a really lazy compilation strategy, not to say wholly inaccurate for most people north of Watford!

[bibblebub]

In Chambers the pronunciation for 'sure' is shoor so how are you pronouncing 'shaw'?