Speccie 2590

[neversaydie]

Jade beginning to complain about plant (5)
I have y?cca
Yacca or yucca? Please parse.

[novalis]

Yucca - Yu is a type of jade + c (beginning of complain) + ca (circa - about)

[neversaydie]

Thanks Novalis. My search for yu clearly not exhaustive!

[johnpiper]

Not doing too well on this which i think is tough
28A language of goon pierced by short dagger (7)
P??K???
would this be Pankrit?

[roslyn251254]

pra kri t kri(s) is the dagger inside the goon

[johnpiper]

many thanks
i have moved to a different thread ....I have 36 down and 4 of the 36s
the crossers at 17A and 2D i am stumped by
and the 36 at 30D

[novalis]

The crosser is T
30 down describes how it moves across the water - rather like a vstone which is thrown.

[johnpiper]

thanks
Could anyone explain the parsing of 35 down where the definition i think means trim but how does the rest of the clue work

it seems i didnt post the clues for 2D Crowd from costs rica with one absent (5) I have CR?T?

Nor 17 A where it is : A new Troy with aged columns (5) A?T?E
and lastly 13D excited Romeo and nice Juliet about to jabber? (8)
???e?T?R

[Neveracrossword]

For 35 D, letters I,3,4 and % mean 'trim', adjective, and letter 2 is 'hundred'. The finished word means to go up... Scottish.

[novalis]

2 down - Usual abbreviation for Costa Rica + with minus one of its letters.
17 across - A + N(ew) + T(roy) + the usual two letter abbreviation for aged
13 down - think medical for jabber

[johnpiper]

Novalis thank you re 13D
I have never heard of 2 down but i have now so thank you all!
thanks!

[Neveracrossword]

Glad we could help, Johnpiper.

[johnpiper]

Thanks