Mephisto 2535

[foxspur]

Last two

13ac Fool's cheek beginning to pinken (4) I have ?UMP
Is it BUMP if so why is it fool?

33ac Stories are about for old Attic racecourse (6)
I have ?RE?OS

Thanks in advance

[JMR27]

33a I think it's dromos (Greek race course) ...stories = dramas and change the "a"s (are) to "o"s (old)

[shottsjimmy]

other one may be 'GUMP' probably self-explanatory, when you actually think about it, though it took me a while.

[foxspur]

Thanks, JMR If that's right, and it looks good, then
23dn An incentive left for Romeo - a churlish Shakespearian (6) is ?ARLOT so HARLOT? I still don't understand the answer.
The L in HARLOT comes from SILD. Clue is
Fish is around empty watercourse heading to mill.
I can see is around is SI what's the empty watercourse LD? (The D could be wrong!)

It's late for my brain

[foxspur]

Thanks shottsjimmy, that'd be Shotts near Wishaw? My family came from there.

[shottsjimmy]

Foxspur, if your family came from Wishaw then you are indeed blessed.
Yet, if they had came from Shotts, they would be 'sainted'

[amtaff]

23d is CARLOT. Carrot is incentive. Change one R (romeo) to L (left). Definition found in Chambers.

[foxspur]

Thank you amtaff, yet another word I had never encountered!