Smallest Hardest

[magpie]

3dn leak slowly 4 ai?e thanks

[scorpiojo]

Ooze if you've gone wrong?

[factor-fiction]

I'm sure it's not going to start with AI? Where was the A from please?

[magpie]

i have swab for 1ac and hic for 5ac & drew for 7ac

[scorpiojo]

What are the clues for those please?

[factor-fiction]

Thanks. I don't have the crosswords though so would need the clues to help. You may find some of the answers on threads in Crosswords

[scorpiojo]

1a could be swob - alternative spelling

[scorpiojo]

6a has been answered as miz

[mallyh]

3 ooze?

[magpie]

1ac deck cleaner, 5ac (L) this & 7ac sketched

[factor-fiction]

Sorry magpie, I don't understand what you are telling us /asking us there. Are those the clues to 1ac and 7ac? Is the clue for 5a just (L)? Please can you give letter counts and known letters . Thanks

[elliemay1]

5a could be hoc

[cupid04]

3d] ooze

[elliemay1]

magpie means that 5a is latin for the word 'this'.

[factor-fiction]

I can't see how "(L) this" leads to HOC or HIC

[elliemay1]

magpie, would 'hoc' give 'o' for 'ooze'??

[cupid04]

1a] swob [alternate spelling]

5a] hoc

8a] miz

7a] drew

2d]whir

3d] ooze

4d] bc

6d] md

[factor-fiction]

Thanks ellie, crossed posts. All too cryptic for me in here- I'll stick to Crosswords section!

[elliemay1]

Ff, the Latin translation for 'this' can be 'hic' or 'hoc'.

[mallyh]

latin this = haec or hic or hoc