Guardian Prize

[rodders12]

Can anyone parse 2d spur, 26d lame and 26 a lawn - unless I have made a mistake - thanks

[dannyk13]

What are the clues?

[Lie-in King]

2d Spur (branch) - in 'SPQR' ("Senate & people of Rome"), replace 'q(uestion)' with 'u(nion)'

26d Limp - double meaning

26a Lawn - double meaning

Hi rodders - it's nice to post full clues so that people without the puzzle can also help :-)

[Lie-in King]

Sorry Danny, I was going to type them...

[scorpiojo]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPQR
...with Q replaced by U
26d limp..change a letter
Lawn - green/fabric

[dannyk13]

No problem L-i-K

[rodders12]

not room for 2d but 26a is - halt as they used to say - no way to serve up a lettuce and 26a is - green hanky material - 2d is SPOR ( acronym ) with o replaced by u

[rodders12]

Thanks gang - sometimes not enough space to type the full clues - still haven't got 8 fruits but ntw !

[scorpiojo]

^^ 26d is one of them

Have you altered 12a?

[rodders12]

Given up on fruits - what can you change pedlar to ??

[scorpiojo]

Medlar

[EllisB]

Interestingly some dictionaries give 'lame' as an alternative to 'halt' when used as an adjective - from old English apparently (q.v. as they used to say); but in this case whether the correct answer is 'limp' or 'lame' doesn't matter because they can both be altered to 'lime'.
Not so sure about 'lame' lettuce though!

[rodders12]

EllisB - that is why I ad lame entered but as you say limp is better for the lettuce bit !

[EllisB]

To be honest I did the same until I saw the earlier posts on here - having said that I did think 'lame lettuce' was a bit ....er.....lame/limp.

[scorpiojo]

:o)

[Mamyalynne]

Visions of a Cos on crutches; -)