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[hankir]

Just can't crack this.

Comrade - Stan's - at Scottish house (2,5) ?X?I?E?

The solution may be 6 letters to which a letter (X?) has to be added.

Thanks.

[scorpiojo]

Oliver (Hardy)

[scorpiojo]

Scottish house is part of the other clue

[ladyalex]

I don't have the paper so cannot see the whole puzzle, so can you explain how that answer works wth the clue,please, scorpiojo?
Thanks

[ladyalex]

The mist is beginning to clear....

[scorpiojo]

Enjoy ;o)

http://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1419007471515/Christmas-Crossword.pdf

[ladyalex]

Thanks scorpiojo.
That should keep me busy for a while....

:-))

[scorpiojo]

:-)))

[hankir]

Very clever clue. For a split second when I was thinking of all the Stans I knew, I thought of Laurel but did not see the connection.
scorpiojo, you are right. The Scottish house belongs to the right side. This is what happens when you do the puzzle over 3 days.
(The 10A about the Queen's is also a googly.)

Thanks. Yes. Will mark as the best answer.

[scorpiojo]

Thank you, hankir