Inquisitor 1451

[saladdodger]

40a Backing for un-extreme incredible bashi-basouk perhaps? (5) ????M (possibly a Z in there?)
46a Army officer has railway removed next to unknown foreign settlement (6)

[saladdodger]

ah ... think 46a might be colon(el)y

[Neveracrossword]

40 Nizam

[saladdodger]

I had nizam pencilled but how does it parse please?

[Neveracrossword]

I didn't want you to ask about the parsing! It fitted with letters I had and I checked the definition.

[saladdodger]

Can you parse 25d at all? I have the answer with limit as the defn.

[saladdodger]

i suppose horn could be gore , zo could be the cross which just leaves the "i"

[Neveracrossword]

I - Charybdis, the setter?

[saladdodger]

DOH! How did i miss that?!
Thanks!

[scorpiojo]

(A)mazin(g)

[saladdodger]

thank you scorpiojo

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, scorpiojo - Amazing.

Saladdodger, we've all done it!

[scorpiojo]

:o)

[professorplum13]

There may be a misprint in the clue...
32d Finn McCool's nan has yen to go on ice (6) ?RA?YA

23d Attention-grabbing daughter and son loved odes (5) D?A??

31d Run out and garble making flowery perfume (6) R??I??

[scorpiojo]

23 D(aughter) ear (attention) s(on)

[professorplum13]

thanks scorpiojo ... thought the defn might be loved oNes

[Neveracrossword]

I haven't got 32.

23 Dears, I think - loved ones. (D/aughter+ Ear, attention +S/on)
31 An abbreviation for 'run out' and a four-letter word for Warble.

[professorplum13]

Thanks Neveracrossword tho I cant see the answer in chambers... maybe i've got it wrong... will recheck!

[Neveracrossword]

31 is in my Chambers,12th edition.

[scorpiojo]

Seen on the other site as Gran ya

[professorplum13]

Thought it must be that but still can't parse it fully........