local rag 17/10/07

[Dee Sa]

help wanted pls
1.Gather it could be an angel
-- L--E--T [5 letters] pleat ?
2.Make more striking to begin with [ 7 &3]
S-- -- -- --- --- G. -- S --.
3.Workers one can lean on [5]
S---A --- ---.
probably simple but I have been 24 hrs on this, your input appreciated.

[fuschia]

think 3 is staff

[squarebear]

How is question 1 laid out?

_L_E_T is 6 letters.

[Catron]

1 is glean

[Dee Sa]

sorry taken me a while to get back, many tks of course 1 is glean[ anagram of angel],sorry about the extra letter and 3 must be staff, which makes 2 :-
S -- T -- ING . - F - [7&3] which must be SETTING OFF ?
think I have mastered it now, many tks
Dee