Today's Skeleton

[dannyk13]

Can't see this at all.
28a. Plant consisting of two leaves (9) F?I?H?E?S. Only two words I can find are Faithless and frightens and can't parse either.

[Gill55]

I hope the clue isn't wrong and we have all been tearing our hair out for nothing!!

[JJ109]

Are you sure of your I?
Flywheels
Fly (leaf) + wheels (leaves)
Flywheel is an energy storage plant

[dannyk13]

The 'i' comes from 19d.Beast undercover is not all there (5)
Coati- coat(cover) + i(s)

[JJ109]

ah well !

[dannyk13]

Could do with L-i k having a look at this.

[fozzies]

flighters to leave...flight two leavers flighters only thing i could come up with so doesnt make it right

[dannyk13]

Ozzy, two definitions of flighter don't really fit.

[Lie-in King]

Hmmm... nothing springs to mind, will think on...

[Lie-in King]

Probably nothing, but is there an answer to "two" (across/down) that might be relevant?

[dannyk13]

No, 2d. is Shane

[Lie-in King]

Rats. Thinking on...

[dannyk13]

I was thinking about two leaves eg Flit + another but can't find anything.

[dannyk13]

Brain is now numb.Will contact SundayExpress tomorrow just to confirm that the clue is correct.

[ubasses]

I am glad I am not the only one that's been staring at this, for what feels like, hours.

[Headbanger]

Just a thought...Flits and shea (a tree) =faithless ?

[dannyk13]

How does that parse? I can see flits for leaves but then....

[Headbanger]

Can this be the answer. There is a plant called Faith, Hope & Charity. So Faithless does sort of make sense.

https://garden.org/plants/view/28141/Daylily-Hemerocallis-Faith-Hope-Charity/ . Thanks to my brother for this.

[dannyk13]

Two leaves?

[Toorak]

Hope and charity leave?

[MargoTester]

Faithless - two-faced?