Rte Guide 25

[Bernie]

6d. "Ah, I'm a rat disguised" cried that spy so despised(4,4) ?a?a ?a?i

24d You'll hear rows going down in outlaw hideouts(5)?a?r?
25a c n i e t (6)
o d m n.
I don'understand this clue.

Many thanks for any help

[Sam1960]

mata hari

[Captain2]

6d Mata Hari

[scorpiojo]

6 Mata Hari
24 Lairs (layers)

[fiction-factory]

anagram of ahimarat?

[Captain2]

Lairs

[Captain2]

25 Can you describe how the letters are set out Bernie? - that may help

[scorpiojo]

Do you have any letters for 25a please?

[fiction-factory]

For 25a IS THE CLUE 'C N I E T'.
Are the O D MN in the answer? What's the pattern please?

[fiction-factory]

old man?

[Sam1960]

25. spells condiment if you place them below one another, and read them top bottom top bottom etc .... if that helps ?

[Sam1960]

pickle.. ?

[fiction-factory]

pepper?

[scorpiojo]

Pickle??

[fiction-factory]

pickle looks pretty good.

[writesbad]

25a pepper
interspersed letters of "condiment"

[Bernie]

Sorry I am only seeing answers now as I got called away.I had put in a few more answers and had the letters ?h?k?r. I had H iss in for26d (catcall from a reptile)
19d Don' they finish off the job even if they refuse to work I put in Strikers.
Could shaker be right for 25a?

[FrogNog]

what is the clue for 25a please?

[eanceoil]

shaker

[eanceoil]

frognog, that was the answer for Bernie for condiment, not a clue, save more confusion

[Bernie]

Thank you all