Rte Crossword 22

[snaro]

One left please 4 letters.?e?e. Half a cow you sow on the plate you ate?

[Neveracrossword]

Here(ford)?

[snaro]

Tanx never a crossword and the significance of (you sow )inclusion?

[Xanadu27]

Meal?

but why?

[snaro]

Don't know I also dis counted mete in favour of Hereford by neveracrossword which appears most plausible .Tanx for imput. No

[Neveracrossword]

The RTE clues often have me baffled, even when the best solvers here have given the answers!  I just went with 'half a cow' and ignored the rest... and I won't mind if there's a real, better answer.

[snaro]

Agreed and tanx again.

[elliemay1]

Just wondering if maybe  L-i K could make sense of this?

[Annok7]

Veal?

[newmodarmy]

As well as Hereford cows there are Hereford sows (pigs)

[newmodarmy]

And there are Hereford plates

[Neveracrossword]

NMA, thanks for that info - it seems to make the clues more... of a real clue! (The RTE clues can be mystifying - some people think they're quirky, I have used less flattering words.)

[scooke]

4d ..is ?e?l .so here  dont fit as 10a is last wilL. So is it meal or veal??

[newmodarmy]

I agree it's not HERE as although it's half of Hereford there's no specific definition of HERE in the clue.

I wanted it to be SEED to explain the SOW.

Maybe it is meal or veal if the L is definitely right, but I don't get the sow bit or half a cow bit.

What was the clue that gave you the last will to give you the L. Snaro had an E not an L so I wonder what his/her answer was

[elliemay1]

Newmodarmy I think this is the clue:

10a old testament to come after it and be read when you go(4,4)

[newmodarmy]

thznks- so I wonder what Snaro put to give the E

[newmodarmy]

maybe snaro put last rite rather than last will?

[elliemay1]

any more ideas please??