Imos No 832

[supersuezy24]

29a: give some false expectations(6,5): ?t???? ???g?
1a: exert clandestine influence (4,7): ???? ?t???g?
10a: under complete control, kept in suspense(2,1,6): o? ? ???I??
3d: EU citizens (8): ????I?n?
17d: a very thin variety of porcelain(8): ?g?s????
5d: set to gain, possibly, from nourishment taken orally! (7): ????s?a

[Captain2]

17d Eggshell

[Captain2]

10 On a string?

[factor-fiction]

ingesta?

[vakayu]

29a string along

[factor-fiction]

Good guess.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ingesta

[Captain2]

3d Italians?

[supersuezy24]

thanks so much everyone, loads of the answers in it have string in them...weird ;)

[Captain2]

1a Pull strings (again!)

[Captain2]

Is there a theme to this crossword?

[vakayu]

Glad to help.

[factor-fiction]

The setter hoped you might cotton on to that

[Captain2]

Very droll ff - you going for a lie down now?

[fuzzy-brain]

3d. Latvians.?

[factor-fiction]

Is there a theme to this crossword? Yes, there was a thread running through it.


I'll get my coat. Or maybe a lie down is in order. Two attempts at humour in the same year is too much for me

[factor-fiction]

Grecians? (Is that a word?) Italians? Latvians?

[birdie05]

1A: Pull strings