Daily Mail 10/7/15 15,055

[Celtigra3]

15d five letters.. b?r?n - clue is staff continue playing at Lord's. Is it Byron or baron

[Mamyalynne]

Bat on

[Celtigra3]

Oh I see but it said five letters not 3,2. I take it that's a typo! Thank you.

[fiction-factory]

It is 5- BATON is the answer. A baton is a staff as I see it

[fiction-factory]

bat on was just the explanation of how BATON is arrived at cryptically

[Celtigra3]

What is 17a then cheap food close to a factory t?c?y

[Mamyalynne]

I'm sorry,I thought you would understand my splitting it up was part of explaining the answer.

[fiction-factory]

tack y

[Mamyalynne]

Tacky

Tacky plus last of factory

[Mamyalynne]

arghhhhhhh van't type now.

[fiction-factory]

or tucky?

[Mamyalynne]

Tucky doesn't mean cheap though.

[fiction-factory]

I'm sure tacky is right but I can't see that meaning of tack

[Celtigra3]

Penny has finally dropped staff = baton!! The humidity is affecting my brain!! Thanks for your patience. I am getting to do cryptically to stretch my brain.

[scorpiojo]

Tack = food

[Mamyalynne]

tack 2 (tăk)
n.
Food, especially coarse or inferior foodstuffs.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. I'm clearly a stranger to coarse or inferior foodstuffs