Times Jumbo Cryptic 1102

[brillaben]

6d. One who has got to "excel" from what we hear. (12) N?N?G?N?R?A? 39d. Moving stuff conveyed by a line (9) T?A?N?O?D (Looks like trainload but can someone explain how please). 51d. Lines from ship catching fish (5) S?D?S (Must be sides but can't see why). Thanks in advance

[jim360]

6d nonagenarian (one who is 90, or "XL" (excel))

39d I think it's just a cryptic definition.

51d IDE (fish) in SS.

[scorpiojo]

Nonagenarian - possible error and should be XC in clue not XL?
S ide (fish) S

[brillaben]

Thanks scorpiojo. The XL thing was confusing me!!

[jim360]

Ah yes, that's a good point. XL = 40... Hmm...

[scorpiojo]

Trainload as an amount moved by railway(line)

[dannyk13]

6d.Nonagenarian (xl = ninety)
39d Train runs on a line
51d.Sides- ide(fish) in ss(ship)

[factor-fiction]

^ except it's not 90

[dannyk13]

Sorry. ninety is XC

[jim360]

I wonder if it's because excel and exceed are near-synonyms, so that someone who is 90 has "XC'd"?

[factor-fiction]

Certainly QUADRAGENARIAN doesn't fit