Radio Times Prize Crossword 35 Tuesday August 24th 2010

[blueboy2419]

Struggling with the last few, have answers but can't see how they fit !!!

Dingy as a bed in Paris? (5) ?N?I?
Star upriver (4) ?O?A
Flexible by having interior design (5) ?E?D?
Single person heard (4) S?L?
Very large medals with fine finish (5) ?B?S?

Damn clues !!!!

Thanks.

[auntflo]

unlit
nova
bendy
sole
obese

[blueboy2419]

Thanks for the quick response. Four match what I had but I still can't see how they fit.

Having a bad day.

[mathsman]

un lit is the french for a bed
avon is a river and reversed becomes nova, a star
end (=design) in b y
sole sounds like soul
obe (pluralised) and e is the last letter (finish) in fine

[blueboy2419]

Obvious, what a wally !

[robert551069]

Please help with
11 across 2 words ??A?T ?A?D? "Unconventional as a US state granted amendment"

12 across 2 words ?O???? ?A?O??? "Wish operator had removed BBC newsreader"
(The 4th letter of the first word might be T if 2 down is milestones)

15 across ?A????? "Bird to lick wound lightly" (4th letter might be N)

18 across (13 letters) "Bulk of English brood cavort about" ?????N?E?????

9 down (2 Words) ??????? ??P?E? "Keep hitting beyond city with hot powder"
(The second word is probably pepper)

[robert551069]

Thank you for your kind help with 2 down and 18 across.

Please help with :-
11 across "Unconventional as a US state granted amendment" (2 words)
A?A?T ?A?D?

15 across Is this lapwing ?

22 across "Flower first noted in Lower Egypt" ??L?

13 down (2 words) T?? ?A???B? " Distrerssed by Batman or another tv crimefighter"

Presumably, this is an anagram and the first word is Tom but I can't think of a surname

Many thanks, Robert

[sandyRoe]

Avant garde
Lapwing
Nile
Tom Barnaby