azed no 1773

[judypark]

Help, just two clues left. 6. I have letters a n e and 12, Have letters l l i n Have I gone wrong somewhere? Any help gratefully recieved.

[Quizmonkey]

Clues ?!

[kayakamina]

6 Wild sea-urchin removing head of marine worm (8)

12 Brown (currently) clothing female badly-velvety stuff (8)

[Quizmonkey]

Well 12 is Chenille (HEN + ILL clothed by CE as in Gordon Brown) = stuff (material)

[judypark]

I had thought it might be chenille but could not work out why. Now left with the letters anechiru which I presume is tha anagram of a worm?

[Quizmonster]

Echurian, Judy.

[judypark]

Quizmonster, your'e a star! I originally thought that it was an anagram of (s) ea urchin but not one of the various off line and online anagram solvers I use came up with anything. How did you find it or are you a marine biologist. Judy

[Quizmonster]

Sorry, Judy, I messed that up completely! I didn't spot my error until this morning and my answer was sent off days ago. So, I'm not going to win and I regret the fact that you presumably won't now either. The correct answer was 'echiuran', not 'echurian'.

My humblest apologies, ma'am!

[judypark]

Never mind Quizmonster, it's only a stamp and I had all the fun of solving most of the puzzle anyway. Thanks for all your help. Judy