Wee Stinker

[davey b]

Help! Completely stuck.
HIM ???????
Cake(Lots cut) ?U?I
...but short in this ???A???N
Folly dated 23 ?D???Y (23 is DISEASE)
One in 6 ??I? (6 looks like COMMUNICATION no idea why?)
Liking liquor ?R??
Pitcher ?A???E
Any help appreciated.

[Rollo]

Cake(Lots cut) = puri

[Rollo]

Folly dated 23 = oddity

[millder]

I thought HIM (=His Imperial Majesty) was Akihito but that doesn't fit with "oddity" .

Pitcher is carafe

Liking liquor is broo.

[Rollo]

Folly dated 23 could be IDIOCY

I went for ODDITY because the number 23 is odd and therefore an oddity.

[millder]

Thanks, Rollo, for the explanation of oddity. I went for idiocy because nothing else fitted but can't explain it.

[davey b]

Thanks folks.Any ideas about the others? Or why that's IDIOCY?

[millder]

I have unit for one in six. The letters are in communication.
Can't explain communication except that 8 0f the letters of accountant are included!

[davey b]

Thanks Milder.
A very tough crossword this week, it's most unsatisfying to fill in the answers and not understand them. I've tried phoning and writing to THE HERALD in the past for explanations of the answers but i've hit a brick wall every time.

[millder]

Good for you! I'd be frightened to do that in case they strike me off the list of potential winners.