Ev 1213

[saladdodger]

Not sure of number of letters in these but possibly 4 or 5

1d A quick look upwards

2d Begin to idolise after mum exorcises church gods

[dannyk13]

1d.keep-peek reversed?

[hankir]

silence less ce +I

Still struggling with others

[MargoTester]

Deity

[saladdodger]

thanks hankir - which are you struggling with?

[hankir]

saladdodger:

about 7. But I can start with help on the following.

9A. Hit...
10A. I'm backing...

3D. get to support..
5D. Congolese....

[roslyn251254]

10a MI(G)AUL

[roslyn251254]

5d IDIOFA - idio(t) + fa (note)

[roslyn251254]

Have a look on the crossword forum too for some hints which I am working on!!!

[hankir]

Thanks roslyn. I looked at Wicki for DROCongo and ROCongo towns.
Could not find Idiofa.

Unfortunately I don't see where to put it.
I have the first four across answers in the first two rows. All 5 letters.
3A is one of the meals. 4a is A stride backwards.

[roslyn251254]

I think 2d goes in column 3 and 4d in column 6 (if you have them)?
then idiofa in col 8

[roslyn251254]

i have taiga for 4a ( yours would seem to be tiaga??)

[hankir]

i meant to write taiga and spelled it wrong.
Thanks roslyn.

[hankir]

4 remaining.

6A and 9A.
3D and 8d.

3D is 5 or 6 letters?

[roslyn251254]

Been out all night so not looked at it again... but 6a is 6 letters ... fits at beg of row 4 and so far I have ?00?34
9a I have ??4?0
3d fits at top of col 4 and I have 23??
8d starts in row 3 col 1 .. I have ??4?

Will have another proper go tomorrow after speccie! See you then!

[roslyn251254]

Had another look on crossword forum .... got the test one now.... the clue there is a good one and you'll get it from there hopefully!

[roslyn251254]

9a is an anagram - we should have spotted that one... but didn't know it could mean hit too!

[hankir]

My first thought was that 9a is an anagram: looked it up but could not find the meaning hit. So abandoned it.
8D is B+3 letter dress meaning prison.
3D is 23??31.

Tried to solve using the hint for legendary label. Still not there. Need another nudge. Where does it start in Row 4?

[roslyn251254]

6a label as in record label
hit synonym is in Bradfords
3d is 4 digits and starts at top of column 4 (but if it was 6 digits- it's not - the last one would be 0 not 1 - check your digits for 9a)
8d yes - the prison synonym is also in bradfords.
I had 3 numbers for 3d so was able to deduce that the missing digit was 1 because of the 12 pentominoes that have to form.
Will try the separating later!

[roslyn251254]

6a starts in row 4 column 1 to correspond 180deg symmetrically with 5a

[hankir]

Thanks roslyn.
Have all but 3D. But it does not matter.
Now for speccie.