Rte Guide 32

[Bernie]

8a Masters of mankind since earliest times , as in the first instance (4) ???S
1d Deus (5,5) ???A? ????y
16d Little amusement , then its participnts being ever so jumpy ((4,6) F?E? ?????? ?Flea ??????
28a How the fishermen disbelieved Christs command perhaps; but cod sae a-trembling (4,1,5)
27d Bait mate (4)
Many thanks

[frugalfred]

16 flea circus

[Psybbo]

8 Gods
16 flea circus

[frugalfred]

28 might be "cast a doubt", but the anagram "but cod sae a" does not quite work. Might it be "sat" not "sae"?

[Bernie]

28a should read How the fihermen ...................but cod SAT a-trembling

[frugalfred]

Ah, that's it then, Bernie. Cast a doubt. (Took me back to my Sunday School days!)

[frugalfred]

1d sugar daddy? Can't see it, though. Deus is Latin for God...

[poortony]

letters for 1d are ?o?a? ????y

[frugalfred]

27d pawn?

[Psybbo]

Koran deity???

[Mamyalynne]

1d Roman deity

[bernedette]

I have Roman Deity for 1 down ,dont know if thats correct or not

[Mamyalynne]

Deus is Latin for God

[bernedette]

Thank's mamyalynne ,nice to see someone on same wavelink as me

[Psybbo]

Mamya, thank you for bailing me out yet again

[Mamyalynne]

Psybbo :-)

[Bernie]

27d Is Now ??U?. Wonder would it be Chum
Many thanks for all your anwers

[poortony]

27d chum. fits in with cast a doubt

[frugalfred]

chum - Chopped fish, fish fluids, and other material thrown overboard as angling bait

[Bernie]

Thank you all again. Help is much appreciated. i might get a bit of housework done now - long overdue. Cheers!