ev 880

[MatydaLover]

Anyone else wondering why the clue to 11 Across begins with the letter "B" ?

[devadolly]

Hello All - EV done but not enlivened by it. What portfolio? One has to has an income to have a portfolio - no final salary pensions if no salary - as many self-employed small business persons will tell you. Enjoy it, however it has reduced, there are a lot of people living on the streets who do not deserve to be and if you have ever done a Sally Army soup run, you will know these are not benefit dodgers I am talking about. Whatever riches you have, enjoy them, share them and appreciate them but don't brandish them.
Shrimps potted/frozen/given away/and fed to the Ginger Mog. Damsons ginned/jammed/given away. Cherry Plums ginned/pied/crumbled/bottled/given away. Beans, Cougettes, Toms Made into sludge (sort of Ratotuille(?))/souped/given away......................................................................roll on winter!

Regards

[s436]

Any gentle hints on 5dn? Just that and this mysterious "behaving thematically" business holding me up now.

[DocHH]

Hello s436, welcome to the madhouse!
Hope this hint isn't too heavy! For a start 5d has a fallen letter. So the subsidiary indication ignores that, Old King Cole had his ??? & ?????! For the definition the signs are normally holding an what Robin Hood used!
As far as the "behaving thematically" look at the checked letters in the 4 columns that don't have fallen letters, but where the across clues intersect, thus leaving possibilities to arrange the unchecked letters in the across clues and think about the second of the two words in the bottom row! Will the earth shake for you, or will you get the wind up, be shocking or perhaps even piquant