Daily Mail 29/3/13

[Bibendium]

20 down Build football ground in Egypt answer appears to be erect - I can see why the et of erect but why the rec?
15d Smell flower in Portugal close to the top answer appears to be odour but why?

[bookbinder]

15d is an anagram of Douro, which is a river [flower, geddit?] in Portugal.

[jollyroger66]

20) rec = recreation ground

[boxtops]

Rec(reation ground = football ground)

[Bibendium]

Thanks I would have never got that

[bookbinder]

20d rec is sometimes an abbreviation of 'recreation ground', which is another name for a public park which usually contains a football field.

[grumpy01]

20dn Rec is only 3 letters what is the rest of it?

[dannyk13]

E(gyp)t

[boxtops]

ET for egypt, grumpy

[grumpy01]

Thanks for the explanation.