Please Help With The Following 3 Clues

[colsamcait]

7 down Bird and dog get lad confused (two words) 9 letters
B- - - -e - - - -
12 across cat ran in to shake off some sugar ---c - o - e
21 across recovering last queen a lot of land -- h - -- y




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[Mamyalynne]

12 Fructose

[Mamyalynne]

Please could you use '?' for blanks, so much easier to see.

???C?O?E

[denquiz]

7 Down - Bald Eagle?

[Captain2]

21 Germany

[Caran]

Is 12 not lactose?

[ducksie]

too many letters in the count for lactose Caran

[Captain2]

Caran, I don't do the crossword but Lactose is (7) and Fructose is (8) letters long - how long is the word in your grid?

[Mamyalynne]

Sorry, if wrong - I only worked with what was given.

[Caran]

Seven letters. I have L?C?O?E

[Mamyalynne]

Then you are right.

[Caran]

Thank you Mamya. You are usually correct so it made me stop and think about my grid!

[Captain2]

Thinking about it, I believe the grid is 15 lights wide so to have any symmetry the maximum length could only be (7) with a blacked out light in the middle.
Well done Caran.

[Caran]

Thank you Captain2