Four Letter Words

[lesmo]

Sunday Times Prize Crossword 4676 Sunday January 10Th 2016

4D C?T? Gas a bird. Is it 'chat' as in chat up ?

!8A R?G? Kit - second for Manchester City. Is it 'rigg' and why ?

Think I'm being a bit dim to-day

[Mamyalynne]

Chat - a bird and to gas/talk

[Lie-in King]

Yes - Chat for gas; gossip etc & a bird

Riga - 'rig' (kit) + '(M)a(nchester)' (second)

[Mamyalynne]

Riga

Kit - Rig
Second in Manchester - A

[fiction-factory]

Chat doesn't fit your pattern

[fiction-factory]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga

[lesmo]

Can't even get my question right. Should have been C?A?. Sorry.

But RIGA I don't understand. - usually means missing word (to me). Why not 'RAGA' which is equally perverse?

[fiction-factory]

Riga is the city.
I'm not sure what the query is, lesmo- Rig (kit) plus second letter of mAnchester

[fiction-factory]

If you mean the hyphen it's just that rather than indicating a missing word (that would be ______)

[fiction-factory]

maybe you are thinking of Manchester United- known as The Rags!

[lesmo]

OK I understand how you get RIGA but I don't like it! Time for a dram or three and I'll be less crotchety. Thanks for all your help.