Rte Guide No 10

[poorclare]

I need some help, Please
03d ...subject for some to pickpocket (5) ?o?ho

25a Lickety-split? Run for it (6) ???w??

Thanking you

[goodgoalie]

3d Topic (hidden in clue)

[poorclare]

Thank you, that means my 10a must be chat line and not
chit chat, and 4d is Stye.

now to try and work out 25a.

Thank you for your help.

[dannyk13]

Go away?

[poorclare]

Thank you, that now gives me an O in
26d Shame to look for mercy (4) o?t?

I am finding this crossword hard this week. Brain not working.
lol

[dannyk13]

26.Pity?

[elliemay1]

What gave you the W in 25a?
'Pity' gives the pattern now as ?P?W??.
Nothing sensible fits with that so maybe the W is wrong

[poorclare]

Hello,
the W is coming from 19d The track to trace on air and ground,
like hawks and hounds (8) I have HardWork
looks like that is indeed wrong Brain not working today, lol

[bobbinwales]

Up away?

[bobbinwales]

Ignore mine...Am struggling to follow this

[bobbinwales]

Sorry can't see why it s 'hard work' as the answer

[elliemay1]

Which letters are you sure of in 19d?

[JJ109]

Like hawks and hounds - HARRIERS ?

[cashier]

25 Sprint?

[elliemay1]

25 sprint?

[elliemay1]

^ based on the I in Harriers

[poorclare]

Thank you my friends
Sprint, Harriers, Pity.
Only have to work on 17d this really is the stupid one.
no clue just n???????p (9) ?r?m?t?op

[elliemay1]

'Newsgroup' is the only word I can get to fit those letters!

[elliemay1]

a nincompoop is a stupid person but has 10 letters and doesn't fit that pattern

[Mamyalynne]

?r?m?t?op - Promotion if you have erred

[poorclare]

ah Promotion it is (I was reading downwards instead of
upwards.

Thank you my friends, I found this a real stinker this week.
(or is it me ~ I'm blaming the head cold I have)
I swear I would get out of hell with a snowball in my hand.