Echo Newsaper

[brogles]

stuck on 3 Welding gas 9 letters I have Y from scaly or spiny lizard , so y ????? e?e,
surpassing the ordinary 7 letters u?l?n?? and enter uninvited 7 letters i?h?u?? just one corner but cant get them míle buíochas for any help

[writesbad]

acetalene

[writesbad]

^acetylene

[Sam1960]

intrude ?

[redtrev]

acetylene

[Mamyalynne]

3 Intrude

[frugalfred]

intrude

[writesbad]

uninvited - intrude

[frugalfred]

I had a cat which had acetylene kittens....

[Captain2]

brogles - how sure are you of your letters for No3?

Upstage?

[Captain2]

Sorry No 2

[brogles]

no I am not I m so tired doing it that I am getting mixed up It could be u???n? a from the gas

[factor-fiction]

is "from the gas" the amended clue please?

[factor-fiction]

And is the letter pattern u???n?a or u???n? please?

[brogles]

the clue is surpassing the ordinary u???n?a 7 letters I too tired now luckily I do it in pencil

[brogles]

the a at the end is from acetalene

[redtrev]

only one a in acetylene

[factor-fiction]

so could it be u???n?y then?

[brogles]

could be yes

[elliemay1]

uncanny

[Captain2]

Uncanny
adjective - suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"