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[cupid04]

21a] Guide me around popular metal workings. [4,4] LEAD ?I?E.

5d] Smart amateur in goal. [4] N?A?.

26d] Condemn dead man oddly. [4] ?A?N.

[NazNomad]

Lead Mine

[Captain2]

21a Lead Mine
5d Neat
26d Damn

[cupid04]

Thankyou NazNomad and Captain2 for your prompt replies.

[ronaldalfred]

Stuck on 2 down,is it ----/trench

[chelle7272]

what is the clue?

[ronaldalfred]

scatter litter in school about noon? it's sappers wok

[chelle7272]

maybe slit trench
anag of litter + n (noon) inside sch (school)

[ronaldalfred]

sorry should be work not wok

[dtgblue]

silt trench

[ronaldalfred]

thanks

[ronaldalfred]

I was stuck on two answers and have just seen the solutions in todays Mail but I can't see how it is worked out .
Can anyone help ?
Some discover a wee pub,stagger in -ans is Overawe
Joyous book he's written about drunk - ans is Blithe

[chelle7272]

discOVER A WEe pub

[chelle7272]

maybe b = book and he written around lit (drunk)?

[ronaldalfred]

Thanks.I didn't equate stagger as a synonym of overawe.

[chelle7272]

No it's not one that easily occured to me either