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[mcnal71]

stuck on a few !!
16a) torpid,lethargic (8) ?????E??
20a) stoppered bottle (8) D????D??
25a) untidily spread out (8) S?R?SYE?
51a) great quantities (6) O?D?E?
79a) stupid (7) G?A?L?T
62d) brightly coloured shrub (4) A??R

thanks

[vegasmad]

20a. decanter
51a. oodles

[mcnal71]

i thought decanter but 14d) is fatal (6), i have deadly and the 2nd d is the 6th letter of the bottle clue so any other word for fatal ending in T?Y ??

[vegasmad]

does 14d. have to end with a Y? I can only think of mortal.

[boomerang551]

20a eyesore 22d acer 79a glaikit

[mcnal71]

14d clue is fatal (6) i have deadly so it does not have to end in a Y. boomerang 20a is not eyesore, i think its decanter , in which case 14d is ???t??

[vegasmad]

14d. MORTAL

[mcnal71]

if 14d is mortal then 25a is S?R?STE? ,

[Lie-in King]

14d Mortal (?)

[mcnal71]

just need 25a) untidily spread out S?RASLED ??

[Lie-in King]

Sprawled (?)

[mcnal71]

GOT IT !!! , its sprawled, my 27d was wrong i had smack instead of whack.

thanks to all :-)

[mcnal71]

thank you very much , now onto the sunday express one , piece of cake LOL

[askyourgran]

25 a sprawled ?