Tls 1182

[dafyddapgwilym]

Grrrr. Thought I was going to finish this, but no....
18ac) I'm thinking this writer's againstsmall animals (7)
I have E?M??S
and
19ac) She had Diomedes twirling, see, like a piper! (7)
D?I?Y?E
Help, please - I need to go outside & get a life!!

[dannyk13]

Emmets?

[dannyk13]

19a.Deipyle (his mother)

[dannyk13]

19a.Ely(see) + pied (like a piper) all reversed

[sedge47]

18a er mine s

[dafyddapgwilym]

Deipyle I like, very much: thank you, Danny. Dunno how Emmets would parse - and I've just realised I also haven't cracked
13ac) One applying to watch birds will do just that? (10)
for which I have S?O???R?S?.

[dafyddapgwilym]

Er-mine-s: genius, sedge47!!

[dafyddapgwilym]

Spoonerism. Got it. Groan.......
Nice one!

[scooping]

13 Scarecrows?

[dannyk13]

Spoonerise?

[dafyddapgwilym]

Or, more probably, the (less appealing) verb - spoonerise.

[dafyddapgwilym]

Beat me to it again, Danny. Phew!

[roslyn251254]

crossword club site thread/blog would seem to say it's the noun that's wanted , not the verb, so spoonerisM?

[dannyk13]

Doesn' t parse. spoonerise - Spoonerism = eyes spoons

[CrikeyMoses]

Further to Roslyn's post, Spoonerise isn't in Chambers, Collins or Oxford, so the noun is more likely.

[Mamyalynne]

Agreed, I have 'Spoonerism'.

[Mamyalynne]

Watch birds becomes Botch words.