tel 748

[yellow11]

1a dish with meat and seafood served together
S?R?/N/?U?F
15d flowering plant pondweed family E?L????K
20d Of a larval stage in certain decapod crustaceans 6
Z??E?L
22a person of superlative quality S?A?H????
thanks
have googled for ages!

[shaneystar2]

1a Surf n Turf

[shaneystar2]

22a Could be a Smasheroo!

[yellow11]

this would make 20d Z?OE?L
and 15d E?L?R??K

[sarumite]

20d Zooeal
15d Eelwrack

[sarumite]

22a is Smasheroo !

[shaneystar2]

Zooeal ?

[yellow11]

thanks all-was it me or is it harder today?

[sarumite]

I think it probably was more difficult today, with a number of answers being somewhat obscure or variants of the standard. This puzzle is always enjoyable though, as it does stretch the old grey cells somewhat ! ;0)

[08012006]

Was the compiler involved in "Call my Bluff" ?

I have rarely come across a puzzle with so many words nobody outside the dictionary world has ever heard of - and will never use

Navew
zariba
zooeal
evangely
zizania
eelwrack
fucoidal

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