Saga Feb 2014

[Mayflower3]

28a. endless supply of cannabis just making opium-eater feel at home here?(8) ?R?S???E - I can only make this Grasmere, but not sure
24d.Old historian gets the sack before end of lecture(4)?E?E
26d.basic material for a water softener(3) I?? why ice?

[factor-fiction]

26 answered in Crosswords section as LYE

[factor-fiction]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1309319.html

[mac44]

24d. Bed e

[factor-fiction]

Grasmere was given and explained here in Crosswords
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1309317.html

[slaney]

Grasmere - home of Thomas de Quincey - the opium-eater

[slaney]

http://www.newwritingcumbria.org.uk/ai1ec_event/jerwood-centre-grasmere-thomas-de-quincey-the-opium-eater/?instance_id=

[factor-fiction]

I'm not sure whether the answer for 26d was finalised as LYE or ICE. Where was your I from, Mayflower?

[Mayflower3]

I had 25a.description of activist, currently charged with striking(5,3,7)I made this ALIVE AND KICKING which gave me 26d. as I??
have I got 25 wrong?

[dannyk13]

28a.Grasmere ( Enless cannnabis= gras, just = mere)
24d.Bede (sak =bed +e)

[factor-fiction]

Was this ever resolved?

[Baldric]

https://pipedreamsfromtheshire.wordpress.com/.../confessions-of-an-opiu...‎

Posts about Confessions of an opium eater written by Phil Aldridge. ... fell in love with Grasmere and Dove Cottage during a walking tour of the Lake District, ...

[factor-fiction]

Sorry Baldric- the unresolved issue was whether Alive and Kicking was correct and whether/why ICE was the answer to 26d

[Baldric]

Oh gosh I'm so sorry, I'll try and get my post removed immediately!

[Mamyalynne]

I recall wondering if ION could be the answer, not positive about where all the letters fit though.

//Water softening is usually achieved using lime softening or ion-exchange resins.//

[Mamyalynne]

I am sure no posts need removal, more information is only for the good.

[Baldric]

;o)

[Mamyalynne]

Behave!