wednesday crusader

[ronayne]

am getting worse daily! hoping for help.

9a
CID sadly has to work with loud creature 6,3

3d
bob finds key division 5

15d
upset if the head showed strength 9

17d
every jetty's exgterior is more excellent 8

8d
escape with new window 8

7d
drama involving a rope 5

thanks in advance

[chelle7272]

7d opera
9a caddis fly (anag)

[sandyRoe]

7d Opera anagram

[bibblebub]

15d heftiness = anagram of 'if the' + ness (head)

[bibblebub]

17d peachier - every = each, jetty = pier => pEACHier

[chelle7272]

bibblebub - could you please explain head = ness - I've not seen that before
Thanks

[bibblebub]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ness

head (as in headland) = ness is quite common in cryptics because of all the words that end in those 4 letters

[ronayne]

thanks everybody
opera has now thrown me! i had rhone for 10a

[baitress]

the river is Rhein.
German spelling of the river .
it is an anagram of her in

[baitress]

sorry
8d is fanlight. flight round an