New Statesman

[yellow11]

help please
10a someone skilled in breaking down any salt 7 starts a
12a cut that woman-a revolutionary! 7 ends d
16a of a physical and mental discipline in which soldier corps follow you(mostly) 5 starts y yogic?
13a i paint seats dreadfully(a nod to the wise) 3,8
thanks

[elliemay1]

analyst

[gangesboy]

10 analyst anag of any salt

[gangesboy]

12 she a red - sheared

[Mamyalynne]

16 Yes
13 Sapienti Sat

[donny48]

13 if 8,3 then Sapienti sat

[Neveracrossword]

13 Sat Sapienti, anagram.

[dannyk13]

10a.Analyst (anagram)
16a.Yes - yo(ju) + gi(soldier) + (corps)

[Mamyalynne]

//From Plautus. Indicates that something can be understood without any need for explanation, as long as the listener has enough wisdom or common sense. Often extended to dictum sapienti sat est ("enough has been said for the wise", commonly translated as "a word to the wise is enough").//

[dannyk13]

^yo(u)^

[Neveracrossword]

Chambers has Sat Sapienti.

[Mamyalynne]

Fair enough, never heard it that way round.

[donny48]

13 latin ---- enough for the wise, anagram of I paint seats

[Neveracrossword]

Neither had I, Mamya. I mentioned it only because a couple of solvers wondered if it should be 8,3 rather than what was given.

[dannyk13]

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/it/dizionario/inglese/verbum-sat-sapienti-est

[Mamyalynne]

Yes you're right - words that way round better when preceded...

'verbum sat sapienti'.

[yellow11]

many thanks

[dannyk13]

andhttp://www.teachers-corner.co.uk/philosophical-latin-phrases/21 Oct 2011 ... That man is wise who talks little (know when to hold your tongue). verbum sat sapienti