Azed 2421 - Last Few

[JJ109]

1 Cup drunk, alcoholic, round end of marriage, traditionally encouraged (8)
_ PCH _ ARD (upcheard ?? - anagram cup + hard around "e")

17 Hardened clay, see, in grip of cold wind (6)
BL _ ISE (something to do with "lo" in bis(cuit)?)

6 Monarch retaining doctor as potato-peeler (7)
_ U _ B _ ER (looks like Rumbler ie MB (doctor) inside RULER (monarch) and a peeler/police = a rumbler, but why "potato"?)

Many thanks

[Jackdaw33]

A rumbler is a name for potato peeling machines

[JJ109]

Many thanks Jackdaw - one down, two to go!

[Jackdaw33]

Bloise. Bise is a cold dry wind in Switzerland.

[Jackdaw33]

Upcheard is an obsolete word meaning encouraged.

[JJ109]

Thanks again JD - Why didn't I look up "Bise"? - presumably I couldn't think of anything else apart from biscuit! I presume Chambers will have Bloise as hardened clay? Collins doesn't - but Chambers usually has a lot more definitions than Collins!

[JJ109]

Thanks again JD - I thought that would be the case with upcheard.
Parsing is usually Ok but without a Chambers I often can't check the definition!

[dannyk13]

17.B lo ise looks good. Bise is a cold wind wind of Switzerland.

[dannyk13]

Oops.should have scrolled down.,

[JJ109]

Thanks also, Danny

[dannyk13]

Not in Chambers.

[mac44]

It is in my Chambers Danny.

[dannyk13]

I have th 13th edition which goes from blog to blokart.

[mac44]

My apologies Danny, I was looking up BLAISE, I knew that was a type of clay.

[iminoz]

17a I have BLAISE, alt sp of BLAE
LA for look, in BISE

[JJ109]

Many thanks Iminoz and Mac