Club Monthly 20195

[aeronut]

Help please
7dn:Took interest from top valued housing away from and toward the centre (10):
I have r?u????i?e? routinised?
1dn: Name a book that "crown of thorns" came from (4)
I am guessing John
13dn:Christmassy scenes with small present on ship rounding headland (10)
No letters for me

[bookbinder]

13d snowscapes?

[aeronut]

That sounds good to me. Presumably now is the small present.
Thanks

[Mamyalynne]

Small - S
Present - Now
Ship - SS
Headland - Cape

[aeronut]

Thanks Mamyalynne

[bookbinder]

7d routinised looks OK, but I'm not 100% certain.
took interest from = made into a routine matter = routinised
top valued housing? not sure about this definition.
away from = out
and toward = in
the centre = out + in (in centre of routinised)

[Mamyalynne]

Valued - Prized

'Top' it - Rized?

[Mamyalynne]

So - Routinized ?

[aeronut]

Thanks again Mamyalynne

[aeronut]

For 4dn: Way to take inspiration with diamonds falling a whisker (5-7)
I have hairs-breadth. How does that sound?

[Lie-in King]

4d Straw-breadth - 'st(reet)' (way) + 'draw breath' ('d[iamonds]' falling)

[bookbinder]

Hairs breadth looks good.
to take inspiration = brea th
with diamonds = d
a whisker = hairs
HAIRS BREA D TH

[bookbinder]

...Back to school for me!

[aeronut]

Thanks Your Majesty

[aeronut]

For 11dn: Sailor shortening uniform in euphoria's giving emotional outbursts (12)
I have iracundulous?

[Lie-in King]

11d Ejaculations - 'jac(k) U(niform)' (in) elation's

[aeronut]

Wow, Thanks

[aeronut]

So now I'm stuck on 12 ac: Have Jack cutting things to keep water off vegetables (5,7) and I have ???w? j?l?i?s without help from Chambers on line. Looking in the dictionary itself didn't help.

[Mamyalynne]

Brown Jollies - a type of aubergine

Own J in Brollies

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.yourdictionary.com/brown-jolly

[aeronut]

Thanks Mamyalynne.
Hope you stay around for a while tonight.