D.Tel G.K. 845

[Bell-Quill]

T***N**-blessing, behaviour envolving emotional or hysterical reactions (7)
13ac. Elementary stage of epic poetry (4).
14 ac. Dessert thickened with cornflour & set in a mould (10).
18ac. Quaint, sentimentally pretty (4).
22ac *n*****v. Person who is expected to lose (8).
24ac. Archaic word for the Christian gospel (7).
25 ac. Urgent, pressing or demanding (7)
1d. V***s** (7) Realism in the arts especially in early 20th-century Italian opera.
3d. Small-scale environmentally-friendly settlement (3-7)
17d. Sea-****; Protective structure to prevent coastal erosion (3-4)
19d. Eurasian duck found in marshes & swamps (7)
20d. Demon in apocalyptic literature (6)

[atsgran]

Could 22a be underdog?

[Mamyalynne]

13 Toronto
14 Blancmange

[Mamyalynne]

18 Twee
22 Underdog

[Mamyalynne]

24 Evangel
25 Exigent

[atsgran]

17d Sea Wall

[BigDave44]

Toronto
Epos
Blancmange
Twee
Underdog
Evangel
Exigent
Verismo
Eco-village
Sea-wall
Widgeon
Belial

and 9d is Number Eight !!

[Mamyalynne]

3 Eco village
17 Sea Wall
19 Widgeon

[Bell-Quill]

Thanks Mamyalynne, atsgram....but especially Big Dave 44 who realised I got my Rugby position wrong! Quill-Bell

[Harry-Wragg]

Hi Dave - you really are a big bully.

[BigDave44]

Evening Sir Harry - how are the Tumbleweeds? I hear they sneaked an away draw - that's a bit like a win for them isn't it?

[Harry-Wragg]

Bell-Quill - unusual name - reason for it? - and pardon my intrusion for this:-

Dave - ya big bully - I'll have you know that if we had slipped the referee another fiver we could have won that game - I'm working on a name for the Spurs