Local Paper

[Jaimsieboy]

1. Down - Not in favour of being a model after work (8) O?p?s???
13 Across - Insignificant person making the solving of a murder very difficult !
(6) ????d?
17 Across - They detect the regularities of beatings (12) ???t?o?c????
12 Down - Negotiate a rise for a second time and end cares, maybe (12)
?a???e?d
14 Down - One bird pecked another bird (7) ????e?n

[Captain2]

14d Bit-tern

[Davemano]

1 Op Posed
6 No Body

[Captain2]

17 Stethoscopes

[Sam1960]

17. stethoscopes

[Captain2]

17a ......if (11)

[Oldred]

12d reascend ?

[Captain2]

How many letters in 12d please? (12) or 8 as shown

[fiction-factory]

reascend?

[Captain2]

Can see where your answer came from Oldred (anagram of 'end cares') but just checking

[fiction-factory]

Sorry- didn't see yours Oldred. REASCEND looks good if the pattern isn't quite right

[fiction-factory]

Acsend for a second time

[Jaimsieboy]

Thanks Folks, a few tricky ones still to get,
15 Across - Greek capital comes to a different conclusion, as far as the goddess
is concerned (6) ?t?e??
18 Across - Legal proceedings for small minded (5,8) P?t?y ?e?s?o?s
10 Across - Famous description of a score (5) N?t?d

[Sam1960]

petty sessions

[Davemano]

Petty Sessions
Noted

[fiction-factory]

noted

[Captain2]

Athens rather than Athena (Goddess0

[Davemano]

15 Athena

[Jaimsieboy]

12 Down has 8 Lettters... thanks...J/Boy

[Captain2]

... or is it the other way round? :)))

[fiction-factory]

athens