Not Holly, but Ivy.

[Freda7]

Struggling with the following clues - can anyone help please?
No. 43. 'Ouse-keepin' money for er. (5.5. letters)
No. 44. How evolution produced a nation of gym lovers. (8.2.3.7. letters)
No. 53. Virgin maybe has nothing, exist with 710 rotation. (5-4 letters).
Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

[auntflo]

44 survival of the fittest

[auntflo]

53 olive oils?

[Peasblossom]

Hi Freda7 I have got house wives for 43

[johnalex]

53. Well done auntflo . . . O(nothing) LIVE(exist) OIL(710 upside down)
. . . would think that should read (5,3) ?

[Freda7]

auntflo and Peasblossom - My grateful thanks to you both.

[Valanne]

I don't think 43 is house wives. The clue is singular and I think it either has to have a dropped aitch in the answer or it is something to do with the River Ouse. Can't work it out yet but trying.

[johnalex]

43. Agree with Cockney theory, perhaps Costa Livin' or similar ?

[Freda7]

Valanne - Thanks for your comments - I see what you mean. Will get my thinking-cap on again and see if I can come up with anything.

[quinie]

I keep thinking Privy Purse -er for queen but that's as far as I can get.

[Valanne]

I think you'right quinie. They wrote house keeping in cockney so we would think er was her but there is no apostrophe for the aitch so it is really E R.

[Valanne]

Sorry, meant "you're right." Got ahead of myself typing!