1.d. use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing; from greek, 'declare around' (11) P _ R _ _ _ _ _ S _ _
18.d. vertebrate blood cell coloured red by haemoglobin typically a biconcave disc without a nucleus (11) _ _ Y _ _ _ _ _ Y _ E
27.a. i judaism, a seven-week period extending from the second day of passover to the first day of shavuoth, traditionally a period of partial mourning (4) O _ _ _