Mephisto 2835

[Neveracrossword]

23 D. Data file - this one IT corrupted (6) ?e?a?d

6 D. Talk over meal starts to produce results unexpectedly (6)e??a??

[Neveracrossword]

Can anyone help with this? I've ground to a halt today.

[scorpiojo]

Sorry :(

[Neveracrossword]

Scorpiojo, thanks anyway - I thought my question had disappeared into oblivion.

[scorpiojo]

Where's the frogman when you need him? ;)

[TheFrogman]

Sorry, I've been writing the Azed commentary...

[TheFrogman]

6d is EMPARL (anag of MEAL + P(roduce) R(esults)), def = 'talk over'

[Neveracrossword]

6 D. Emparl, to talk over (anagram of 'meal' and the first letters of Produce and Results).

[scorpiojo]

:)

[TheFrogman]

23d is AEFALD, a composite anagram where the letters of DATA FILE can be rearranged to form IT plus the solution ('this'), the definition being 'one'.

[Neveracrossword]

TheFrogman, thanks very much for 'aefald' - a very odd-looking word. Thanks too for explaining how it works.

[TheFrogman]

You're welcome. Getting a bit chilly so I'm going back into hibernation now 8)