Fri D Mail No. 14,542

[bryand]

14a) See them staring wildly into outermost parts of skies? (4,5) S?A???G??
16d) Embrace seal (C?I???
17a) 1.1 impressed dunce (5) ??I??
21d) I, say, put very little money in place for retirement (5) B????
Thanks in advance for all help

[jim360]

14a star sings (anag. "staring" in S[kie]S)
16d clinch (double definition)
17a Idiot (1.1 = I dot I)

[mac44]

\I think you mean star signs jim.

[bryand]

Thank you again jim360 and mac44 any suggestion for 21d? please

[aelmpvw]

21d biped?

[jim360]

Biped looks good -- but that has to be the weakest definition I've ever seen!

[bryand]

Thank you also aelmpvw and jim360 again.

[sandyRoe]

i p in bed. There was the potential for a brilliant clue there

[jim360]

Haha Sandy! I'll have to remember that one.

[factor-fiction]

biped seems okay to me: 1p in BED
The setter (I) is an example of a biped

[factor-fiction]

Sandy's clue would have been better though

[jim360]

Yes, "I" is an example of a biped. But, come on, "I" must be an example of lots of things. "I" could be a vowel, or a human, or a letter, or a capital ...

[pixie373]

I didn't think "i" was the example. Isn't it "i" and "p" - for pence, in "bed"?

[Psybbo]

I am a biped, pixie

[factor-fiction]

I thought that initially, pixie, but then there would be no definition at all of BIPED

[pixie373]

Good point!