Phoenix Magazine

[nearlythere]

28a Would the remains of an 18th Century lady have been viewed in her underwear? S?A?S

5d Lovely meter maid's about to show that she is up and about and doing her stuff A?T?R.

[Captain2]

5 Astir anagram of Rita's - the lovely meter maid

[ubasses]

28 stays ?

[Calibax]

28 Stays

[Neveracrossword]

28 Stays, corsets.

[Captain2]

Where does 'an 18th Century lady' fit in please, asked the thicko

[nearlythere]

Thank you both.

[Captain2]

that'll be the four of us then? ;0)))

[ubasses]

Stays, was the term used for the fully boned laces bodices worn under clothes from the late 16th or early 17th century, until the end of the 18th century. Before this boned garments were called (in English at least) a 'pair of bodies' – for each side of the stays.
I can remember my grandmother referring to her corset as stays.

[Captain2]

Thanks ubasses
'I can remember my grandmother referring to her corset as stays' - likewise here, that's why I thought 18thC was a bit of a red herring.

[Mamyalynne]

So did mine, in the 20th Century.