The Lady

[brokenwing]

Last 2.

14a. Heads of competing retailers insulted shareholder purchasing firm 5 C?I?P (? The C)
3D. Reporting to peacekeepers before communist uprising 5 U?D?R

Thanks for all of your help. Enjoyed doing these

[Lie-in King]

14a Crisp (firm) - 'c(ompeting) r(etailers) i(nsulted) s(hareholder) p(urchasing)' (heads)
3d Under (reporting to) - 'UN' + 'red' (communist, up)

[shoota]

14a Crisp - Firm, 1st letters (heads)
3d Under - U(nited) N(ations) + red reversed (uprising)

[brokenwing]

Thank you so much. I had those answers, but could not see why!!

Good night, sleep tight!

[10ClarionSt]

Crisp. Competing Retailers Insulted Shareholder Purchasing = C-R-I-S-P = Firm.

Under. Peacekeepers =UN. Communist uprising = DER (RED in reverse)

[10ClarionSt]

Aww! Shoota just beat me to it! Well done!

[Mamyalynne]

LIK beat you both ;-)

[bluebell56]

Brokenwing. You have put 5 separate posts relating to the same quiz. I think I have mentioned it before but you can put all the questions on the same post. It will be easier for you. Also I notice you haven't put the closing date of the quiz as per Answerbank Guidelines.

[brokenwing]

I am sorry that I do things different than others, but if I can have help with a few clues, I then try and do as much as I can. I did this cryptic one by only having to ask for help with about 6 clues. The first three gave me help with many. Thank you all for your help. I will put the magazine date in next month.

[scorpiojo]

Bluebell, it's a magazine crossword. :-)

[bluebell56]

Sorry Brokenwing. Just trying to make it a bit easier for you. Please accept my apologies. We all need help towards the end of a Quiz and I for one am really grateful for Answerbank. There are some really clever people on here helping us in our hour of need. We appreciate all of you. Good Luck.