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[nactel]

Stuck on 50 d. Slight amount- s?a?e. Any ideas?

[stuck123]

maybe share

[another-view]

or if the S is wrong, "trace"

[stuck123]

50a Sparrow

[mazie]

Shade ?

[atsgran]

Spare?

[JMR27]

Just to confuse matters, I thought shave (a thin slice) - yet another irritating clue from the DR

[JMR27]

On second thoughts, I'm going with mazie's suggestion - shade (well done mazie!) I've found shade defined in the Oxford Dictionary as 'a slight amount' - that'll do for me (can't wait to lob this crossword in the postbox!)

[atsgran]

You've got us all reaching for the dictionaries now, still can't make up my mind, as you say JMR 27 a horrible clue!!

[JMR27]

Hi atsgran I'm sorry! Mine's now in the post (hooray)

[poortony]

ah but thats what makes our Tuesday's, well until one starts to bang their head
against a brick wall because there is no rhyme or reason to the answers, but alas
I am not from Scotland ~ my Aunts, Uncles and cousins ALL are. I love them all.

[nactel]

Thanks to you all BUT I've found the word 'spale', which means a small chip or slither of timber or stone!

[poortony]

Lucky JMR27, I expect I shall still be struggling with this tomorrow morning.

Hope you win JMR you deserve to.

[atsgran]

Could't find that word, but found SPALL - a chip or fragment from a piece of stone or ore??

[JMR27]

Hi nactel I've looked up spale in Chambers: (Scots) a splinter; a chip. In my humble opinion I think that definition is too specific and I will stick with shade (anyway I may be arrested if I try to retrieve it from the postbox). If we each put in a different answer at least one of us might win. Good luck.

[mazie]

Spale definition here

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spale

[atsgran]

Good Luck everybody whatever answer you've put in :-))

[gilliedhu]

if it's any help i have shade for 50d and vet for 61a