TIMES CROSSWORD No. 25175 may 29

[delalyn]

22 across; Annul sin burdening Roman writer close to Horace. T-E-R-D-

[shooty]

Override
sin = err
ovid = Roman poet
close [end] to Horace = e

[writesbad]

ov err id e

[delalyn]

THANKS SHOOTY & WRITESBAD! HOW DO YOU GET YOUR HEAD ROUND THAT ONE THOUGHT I DID WELL TO COMPLETE 80% OF IT MY FIRST 'TIMES' CROSSWORD. NOW 19 DOWN IS WRONG; 'THAI NEIGHBOUR TAKEN NORTH TO A LOCH BY SCOTSMAN' L---IAN. I HAD 'LOTHIAN' BUT 'OVERRIDE' GIVES 'L-O-I-N'

[shooty]

Laotian
a native of Laos [neighbour of Thailand ]
to a l[och] north = laot + Ian [scotsman ]

[shooty]

Do you approve BB, cus I know you will have already completed this Xword ?

[Psybbo]

Hi shooty, missed ya

[shooty]

Hi ya sibers ; )

[Wharton]

shooty
hello lad, people have been asking about you
glad you're back
warts

please excuse intrusion delalyn

[shooty]

I've been getting pissed mate. Probably getting barred soon :/

[Wharton]

shooty
behave or I'll set Arry on you!

[shooty]

LOL, Warts. You still av'nt got ya avatar sorted, naughty boy : )

[Wharton]

shooty
not naughty just thick

[shooty]

Your not thick, your naughty ; )

[shooty]

Ps, delalyn. I have never completed the Times. So I take my hat off to you. Keep up the good work. : )

[delalyn]

Shooty, you must have an extra cell in your brain lad! lol
I now have 'O-E-R-D-' for 22across; 'ANNUL SIN BURDENING ROMAN WRITER CLOSE TO HORACE'
'OVERRIDE' fits, (annul sin), but not sure about the Roman Writer meaning? need your extra cell again Shooty so you help me to can FINISH this 'Times' crossword...... ( PS. Thanks for your nice compliment, inspiring for me with only a 2ndary modern schooling!)

[dannyk13]

Roman writer is the poet Ovid

[tommy-h]

poet ovid err to sin last letter of horace -override

[shooty]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovid

[delalyn]

Thank you all for your knowledge, i didn't know of Ovid, but i do now! My first 'Times' crossword has been completed but it could not have been done without you brainy lot! Thanks again!

[writesbad]

well done, delalyn

Practice makes perfect: you will soon get the "mindset" of these puzzles.

Send off the completed crossword, and you may win the prize. I won this about twenty years ago, when the prize was a Parker Duofold fountain pen, which I still use.

All the best.
w :-)