Inquisitor 1690

[tedsgran]

Some clues seem to be missing a letter?

30a Roll Butcombe's head in it to make us brown ale: enjoy it on the beach in August! (8)
???B????
21d Maiden in terrible tangle in net layout (9)

[ProfessorMaisie]

'Roll'[ = reverse] B(utcombe's head) inside 'TAN US' +HE = '(m)ale'

[Neveracrossword]

30 Alignment, anagram (terrible) of Tangle In +M, maiden. There's a letter missing from the short word...

[ProfessorMaisie]

anag M(aiden) ANGLE IN- def 'ne(a)t layout' is the def.

[ProfessorMaisie]

...sorry, missed the 'T(angle)'

[ProfessorMaisie]

def for 30 = 'enjoy it on the beach in August'.

[tedsgran]

many thanks ...do the extra letters spell something out?

[ProfessorMaisie]

Yes, in two parts (38 letters in all) and in clue order.

[ProfessorMaisie]

...and some spaces in the grid are bigger than their answers (lengths in brackets show spaces available).

[tedsgran]

Not sure how the top line fills in ...
i have SOAP?E??B?EAR
and i don't understand the "it" to highlight??

[Neveracrossword]

Tedsgran, your O is wrong.

For filling in the blanks, ignore the stuff on either side of the 8 spaces. The word that goes in is what is missing from the puzzle! You have some of the letters filled in already - P?E??B?E...

[tedsgran]

Ah! the penny drops! Thank you Neveracrossword!

[Neveracrossword]

Tedsgran, glad I could help - I could see you were almost there!

[tedsgran]

Isn't SO the answer to 1a , then 2d Arising?

[Neveracrossword]

Tedsgran, I have La as the note (and that means 1 A ends up as a real word).

[ProfessorMaisie]

1ac ends up as SOAP, I think, Neveracrossword.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, PM - I'd forgotten that 2 D was headless originally!

[tedsgran]

thanks both ...soap is what i had

[ProfessorMaisie]

...so it's 2 words to be highlighted.