DT PRIZE XWORD 26942

[ruthie]

Some help required please.

12d silence young dog with savoury doughnut (4,5) I have Hxxx, pxpxy. If second word is puppy what on earth is the first word!!

10a Spy translated clue for atomic group (8) I have xxxxcxxx

15a Menda shirt for this lady! (5) I have Trxxxa

Ruthx

[Psybbo]

hush puppy

[Wharton]

12d hush puppy

[ruthie]

I think I've got the first one - hush puppy but don't understand why!? Ruthx

[Psybbo]

Trisha

[Flyhalf]

12d hush puppy
15a Trisha

[Wharton]

15a Trisha (anag a shirt)

[Calibax]

12d Hush puppy

[ruthie]

By golly you were quick off the mark. Can you explain the answer please?

[Calibax]

hush puppy 
noun Chiefly Southern U.S.
a small, unsweetened cake or ball of cornmeal dough fried in deep fat.

[ruthie]

I've just worked out the 15a is TRISHA

[ruthie]

Thanks Calibax. Amazing what you learn on this site!! Ruthx

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.jamieolive...try-cake/hush-puppies

[alan_coulthard]

Molecule

[Flyhalf]

10a mole/cule

[ruthie]

Thanks Wharton. It was easy once I put in hush puppy. Rx

[ruthie]

Thanks BIGJACK and alan_coulthard. All done But not without a slight hole in the paper for rubbings-out!! Rx