Local Paper Prize Crossword

[Referee-Observer]

8d. Be cleverer than, getting us to play the market (8*) ?u???o?t
34d Are somewhat infirm, he reckons (6*) t???e?
36a Get all the information you can about return draws (4*) ?w??
14a What tells you the patient is not an out-patient? (4*) c???

Many thanks in anticipation of some answers.

Ref-assessor

[fiction-factory]

8d- out something?

[Captain2]

8 Outs-mart

[Captain2]

14 Coma?

[fiction-factory]

totter?

[bookbinder]

36a swot

[cashier]

34 tiller?

[cashier]

Sorrythought it might be a variant of teller but it isn't.

[fiction-factory]

a totter reckons (as in adds up, like a tiller) but it doesn't quite work with "are somewhat infirm" except that someone who is somewhat infirm might totter

[Referee-Observer]

outsmart sounds good, but the 'o' comes from shot in the clue"tried, when one lunged at with a knife (3,1,4)" Had a shot

[Tilly2]

1 outsmart

[fiction-factory]

had a stab

[Referee-Observer]

8d I think it may be Outshoot or Outsport, with 14a being Case with the s being in 8d.

Certainly unsure.

[fiction-factory]

Must be stab rathe rthan shot- you don't shoot with a knife.
Outsmart looks promising to me: market = mart

[Referee-Observer]

Thank you all, I will now settle for Outsmart, Case, Totter, Swot and change "Tried, when one lunged at with a knife (3,1,4)" from Had a shot - to Had a Stab, this then gives me the 'a' in outsmart and Case (rather than Coma)gives me the 's'.

Very appreciative of all the help and hopefully we got there.

[fiction-factory]

I'm still not convinced my 'totter' suggestion is right. I'm not convinced of CASE either

[Captain2]

14 Agree with 'case' if you're at the hospital with a case you are staying and not going out (home) any time soon.

[fiction-factory]

Sounds good, Captain. Case will be right then.