Wee Stinker

[davey b]

It makes white indecent B?U?

Black bits in 3 ??B?E (3 is SELL if that helps)

[Neveracrossword]

Blue - indecent and a kind of soap/soap powder that whitens things.

[Svejk]

sable

[davey b]

Thanks Never. How about the other one?

[davey b]

Svejk. Can you please parse?

[Svejk]

Sable=black
B(its) in sale.

[fiction-factory]

B in sale?

[davey b]

Thanks folks. But SALE isn't SELL is it?

[fiction-factory]

Is 3 definitely SELL?
Maybe we're on the wrong track

[Mamyalynne]

3d Cheat (reportedly in 19?) (4)


19 is Gaol I believe

[davey b]

Mamyalnne. 3 is definitely SELL.

[Mamyalynne]

I didn't disagree - was simply providing the clue for others.

[fiction-factory]

But 3 could refer to 3a or 3d, davey b.
Maybe I'm not following this now

[fiction-factory]

Sorry, i thought Mayalynne was giving a different clue. Yes CELL is right

[Mamyalynne]

Sell ,sounds like/reportedly

[fiction-factory]

Yes- I meant that, sorry.
The wordplay for SABLE doesn't really work for me but i can't improve on it at the moment

[davey b]

Thanks f.f. 3 down is SCRAMBLE Does that make more sense?

[fiction-factory]

So the 3 could refer to SCRAMBLE rather than SELL and could imply an anagram perhaps

[fiction-factory]

Did you mean 3A is scramble?

[Mamyalynne]

That works better - use bits of scramble and get 'Sable'

[fiction-factory]

sorry- SABLE is bits of ScrAmBLE