today's guardian cryptic

[pollyspeed]

11a , 23a. Funny business with a cheeseboard "________________ would he have 20a, 22a" (2)?

- - D / - - - - - U - / - E - N / - B - S - R.

(answer to 20a is murdered and answer to 22a is Caeser).


25a. tree not from the east in town with stress so to speak.

- S - T - N.

1d. one in field with knee near to ground.

- H - R - / - - -.

4d. i have the ability to speak to the masses.

- - - - - L - - .

5d. dull fellow with tree thats queen under ground.

- - - - - R - - - E.

[pbeach]

1d Short Leg

[sedge47]

25a. Ashton

[pbeach]

4d Catholic?

[robinruth]

For 11 23, you need to think of the main murderer of Caesar and what Caesar said about him (a thin fellow!) - the question is whether he would have murdered Caesar if he had been different (not thin - ?B?S?R)

5D - do some research into the lady who is Queen in the Underworld in the springtime only - Demeter was her mother!

4D is a lovely 'heard' clue - look for a foreign word for the masses that sounds like CAN I? - come back to me if those don't help.

[pollyspeed]

brilliant!!

had cassius been obeser (also an anagram of business a cheeseboard), will be able find the others now too, thank you so much!

[pollyspeed]

thank you to everyone else for their answers too!!