Confused On 602 New Corner

[Marasa]

9 gnomes energy on screen died away _O_l__
29 book old politician with backing of right ousting *** _I_R_T__
Need help thanx

[emeritus]

9 Goblin

[fiction-factory]

Hi-does 9 have 6 letters? (Hard to count dashes)

on 29 is the *** part of teh clue (maybe acensored word) or are they letters in teh answer?

[fiction-factory]

Thanks emeritus- how does that parse? (Assume clue was goblin's rather than goblins)

[fiction-factory]

Sorry- meant "gnome's"

[donny48]

*** = bum hole

[donny48]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
but not bum, rather ruder

[fiction-factory]

I see it's Private Eye so *** was a censored word representiny hole in one's bottom

[emeritus]

Go Blin(d)

[fiction-factory]

Looks like pattern is ?I?R?T??

[fiction-factory]

Thanks for go blin(d)

[fiction-factory]

As it's Private Eye, vibrator fits but I can't parse it at all so probably not that.

[donny48]

Start with Lib for old politician ?

[donny48]

Libretto

[fiction-factory]

Yes, fits the pattern and definition, and includes LIB. I can see otter reveersed but can't parse it

[fiction-factory]

Something to do with BOTTOM?

[donny48]

Libretto = Book(the text of an opera or other long vocal work)
Lib = old politician +r(right)+ ?????????

[fiction-factory]

coild also be libretti. I can't pars ethe end bit though

[fiction-factory]

In urban dictionary OTTE can mean " Very useless" which could be the bumhole

[donny48]

Private eye often use the urban dictionary.

[Tilly2]

Difficult one this, isn't it? I'm waiting to see who cracks it. :-)