Tel Prize - Sat 18th

[rotti]

Stuck on three and would really appreciate some help:

13a Cat did not start to jump O---E (can't get oggie out of my head and I don't know why!!!)

27a Eccentric about to be dismissed first O-T-E

8d convertible phaetons' mode of transport -O---O-E (assume it's an anagram of phaetons but can only think of stanhope and that is clouding my thoughts!!)

Many thanks

[valerieb1254]

27a) Outre

[jan1956]

27a outre

[rotti]

Thank you Valerieb1254!

[valerieb1254]

13a) Ounce To jump =Pounce - P

[valerieb1254]

Sorry Ounce is a Snow Leopard ie Cat

[orly]

Oggie from (M)oggie

Outre (re after Out)

and Stanhope looks good - have you got a letter wrong?

[rotti]

Thank you also jan1956, snuck in whilst I was posting a relpy.

Orly, I think that's where my mind was going with (m)oggie!! I may well have got a letter wrong knowing me but stahope certainly fits in with the 'n' of ounce now!:-)

[biley]

Not sure how m(oggie) fits the clue - go with OUNCE and STANHOPE - both fit the clues perfectly.

[rotti]

Thank you biley - I am probably being totally stupid but I don't understand why the answer is stanhope, could you elucidate please. Is it a type of transport?

[biley]

stanhope, noun a light open one-seated carriage first made for Fitzroy Stanhope (1787�1864).
Stanhope press a printing press invented by the third Earl Stanhope (1753�1816). (Chambers Dictionary).

[valerieb1254]

Hi rotti

In case biley does not get back to you.

Stanhope.......A Light One Seater Carriage with Two or Four Wheels

Val.

[rotti]

Thanks! I have learnt something new!! I shall put my tiny brain to bed now before it does any serious damage!!!

[valerieb1254]

Sorry biley you beat me to it

[biley]

No problem, valerieb1254 - at least rotti knows how stanhope fits now - thats what matters.