dm 6/8

[mathsteacher]

3 hero's tummy takes turn in lumbar region 4 l?i?
14 West captures Zambia? That's baffling 4 ?a?e
16 clear goal 3 n?t
17 irish cricket side in golf club 4 i?o?
20 middle of book ignored by him ? 4 n?e?

all little words but they have me stumped!
is the goal question net or not?
is 14 maze?
is the cricket side iron?
and no idea with the last one!

Can you explain how to get the answers from the clues please?

thank you in advance

[dundurn]

3 loin
16 net

[dundurn]

14 is maze - mae west around Z
17 is iron - ir (net suffix for Ireland and on = side as in cricket

[mathsteacher]

thank you but how do you get them from the clues?

[dundurn]

20 noel = novel missing out the 'v'

[mathsteacher]

I got golf club is an iron hence linked in but not sure if that was correct. thanks

[Catron]

Hero = LION; turn the middle letters to get LOIN
Clear = NET (ie clear of tax)
West = MAE with Z for Zambia
Irish = IR cricket side = ON (ie batting)

[dundurn]

1 a hero is a lion - -tummy takes turn - swap around the central letters - loin is your lumbar region

16 net can mean clear, as in net profit =clear profit and in football the net is the goal

[mathsteacher]

thank you everyone
I'd taken hero's tummy as hero's middle letter so never would have made the link!!!!