inquisitor 58

[mad max]

help please re the unclued words, ?ALVA??R,
?REVE, ??T?, LORET?A , two of which relate in some way to NANCY and two to ROSALYNN ( have done the other two) thanks in advance

[judypark]

Hi Max, I'm pretty stuck on the same ones, the theme is first ladies, Rosalynn Carter ,Nanvy Reagan, Barbara Bush and Hilary Clinton. The only tenuous connection I can see is 6A Edmund could be connect to Hilary. I think the unclued name down has to be Loretta and 25A has to be Percival. Also stuck on 17A Eunice? and 32 A 32 D. and 27 and 33D.

[mad max]

hi judypark, edmund percival hillary (full name) do you want the rest of answers ?

[judypark]

Wow, have you cracked it already. Is 6d enamel? I would be very grateful for any help,as I've wasted far too much time on this, No idea of the thematic phrase either.

[mad max]

6d enamel ( c from camel add en (space)
17a eunice ( e-u(universal) nice
32a purpura
32d pare
27d vouges
33d rots ( correct word banters)
corrected letters spell clinton
the other threesome is bar-bar-a, alf-alf-a, pur-pur-a,
nancy,salvador,breve possibly places?
but as for the other thee?

[mad max]

and barred off letters give FIRST LADY

[judypark]

Thanks max, I thought that was a particularily tricky one. Are you doing this weeks AZED ?

[mad max]

judypark, sometimes I do, but after INQUISITOR and EV I like to look at the LISTENER ( only managed about six, in the past year ive been trying)
but I still want to complete this one, its driving me nuts
mad max

[Tichfield]

Without giving the answers

For NANCY think about words that can go in in front forming new words.

For ROSALYNN think about splitting it up into two names.

[mad max]

Tichfield, many thanks for just pointing the way, got there eventually after a lot of searching ( I was convinced it had to be salvador, how wrong I was)
thanks again
mad max