Saturday Times Prize Crossword 26814 Saturday August 26Th 2017

[chardon713]

Your help gratefully received ... and readily acknowledged ..... in explaining word-play:
10a what green is making sacrifice ...... FORGO (sacrifice)
7d oil press for two ....MEDIA (press)
25a he had a list put out twice ...KO-KO (it fits ... but no idea why!)

[fiction-factory]

green for GO- think traffic lights

[fiction-factory]

Does a K come from crossing letters?

[fiction-factory]

list could be as in leaning but onless it's TOTO I can't see it

[fiction-factory]

Is media defintely right?

[fiction-factory]

Media probably is right but I can't see it

[chardon713]

Koko ... both k's are crossing lettrrs
Media .. sure that m, d & i are correct

[fiction-factory]

maybe oil is a medium as is the press so they are two exmples of media

[fiction-factory]

ko as in knock out , twice

[fiction-factory]

koko in mikado- " I ha d a little list"

[chardon713]

I like your explanation for media .. manny thanks.
Now all We have left is k?-k? ... which i guess is ko ko but ? Could be any vowel or y

[fiction-factory]

^ or was it "i've got a little list"

[fiction-factory]

To clarify medium, oil is a medium in painting

[fiction-factory]

[chardon713]

Many thanks for your help fiction-factory ... all your answers marked as "best". Cheers from Australia

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. Glad I got up early. It's not often I get a free run.. May go back to bed now