Rte Guide

[Bernie]

13a...... after hearing hours about what's not at all pleasant (4)?o?r
25a.One whose main aim is to bring down the wicked (6)?o???r
20a. Emerging from the mask it must be burlesque (4)?k??
19d. They have tales to tell that may not go down too well. (8)t?????r?
Many thanks

[scorpiojo]

20 Skit, in clue.

[scorpiojo]

13 Sour

[scorpiojo]

19 Tattlers?

[Davemano]

25a Should this be 'wicket' Bowler

[scorpiojo]

25?
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/douter

[Davemano]

Concede.

[Bernie]

25a. It gives wicked in the clue but I think bowler is a good answer.
Thanks everybody for your help

[Davemano]

Answer by Jo caters for 'wickeD'

[fiction-factory]

I agree with scorpiojo and Davemano- it's definitely 'douter' not 'bowler'.
A candle is wicked - i.e. it has a wick

[ducksie]

Should the question come up again for the 'Guide, the answer is Bowler, it crosses over with tattlers, when Bernie posted the original question, she didn't have the answer to 19d which gave her tattLers
?o?L?r bowler

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. So maybe it was a misprint or maybe it was just another 'googly' from the RTE- maybe wicket sounds like wicked in an Irish accent

[ducksie]

that's it FF, it sounds like wicked, I doubt it was a typo, it was to make you think :)

[ducksie]

wicket

[fiction-factory]

Okay if 'sounds likes' don't have to be signposted in RTE- as long as the regulars know the rules/setter's way of thinking that's fine. I should be used to it - I usually for RTE put on a dreadful Irish accent (I started when there was a debt/death clue)

[ducksie]

:)

You're getting better FF, you used to just dread it, I remember well.

[Davemano]

Thanks. So maybe it was a misprint or maybe it was just another 'googly' from the RTE- maybe wicket sounds like wicked in an Irish accent///
So in Ireland do they play Cricked ???

[fiction-factory]

Here is the thread which caused some discussion as the clue was slightly different (ie no "we hear").
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1616501.html

[fiction-factory]

Ah well, wrong thread

[fiction-factory]

Bowler? Howzat? Bowler makes complete sense now we know the actual clue included a "we hear" at the end. No wonder we were stumped