Times Crossword Club Monthly 20185

[4poster]

Well and truly stuck on 12 across

Tenure in Dartmoor of new country house,not finished in angled shape (8)

_E_V_L_A

All help welcome

[emeritus]

Venville ?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/venville

[mac44]

venville

[emeritus]

Not sure that worked

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Venville

[Mamyalynne]

//There are two types of grazing on Dartmoor, there are the commoners rights and venville rights//


http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/cattle_moor.htm

[trish1234567]

newvilla?

[Mamyalynne]

New - N
Country house not finished - Vill(a)
in

Angled shape - Vee

[4poster]

Thanks to all but now have a problem with 8 down. To this forest climber going up is something hard on a digit. I had liana but now it is L-A-E.

[mac44]

liane

[aelmpvw]

liane

[Mamyalynne]

To be fair, I wasn't the first with the answer but thank you.

[trish1234567]

my answer was off the cuff! uhm, Vill(a) does sound right.

Just a thought that 'new' country house could mean 'not quite finished'.
as opposed to old country house.

[4poster]

Thanks everybody for your help
Can now go shopping with a clear head