Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 957 Saturday December 24th 2011

[patsyjmdc]

3 down: Divine figure half complete (4)

T?O? (Is it THOU?)

11 down: As a piece of dill, recent moves had an effect (6.3)

C?N?R? B?? (Centre ?)

27 across: Stage of insect's life in the sun, say (6)

?N???R


thanks in hope

[bibblebub]

thor
centre bit
instar

[geo0939]

I had Thou, Centre bit, Instar

[bibblebub]

thor(ough)

[geo0939]

Ah! I took the figure to be Thou sand

[bibblebub]

you might be right but 'Thor' fits better with 'divine figure' than 'thou' with 'divine'

[geo0939]

Agreed. ( Must try harder).

[bibblebub]

i'm just another punter and since i never send in the completed grids maybe my answers should be taken with a pinch of salt

[patsyjmdc]

Thanks all - when I looked up thou it did seem to have a reference to God and word 'figure' does suggest a number????????????

[Oldred]

thor is accepted as correct on line

[stevenj]

Thor(ough)
It's a "piece of DRILL" (not dill) and the answer is Centre bit
Instar
I hope that helps

[stevenj]

Thor(ough)
It's a "piece of drill" (not dill): centre bit
instar
I hope that helps