Guardian 25730 Saturday September 1st 2012

[Hokeypokey]

10ac Utter fools ebbing interest (7) p-----e
22dn Try touching appeal at first - It may bring a lump to one's throat (6) -o-t-e Goatee?
Grateful for any help

[mrcroft]

pastime
goitre

[Hokeypokey]

Thanks mrcroft finished now

[Tonygfr]

Why pastime?

[mike11111]

Reverse (ebbing) of emit sap (clue should really read fool not fools).

[Lie-in King]

Mike - the clue actually reads "...fool's...", so works

[mike11111]

I thought that might be the case after I posted. Sometimes people do not realise the importance of punctuation in clues.

[Lie-in King]

True :-)

[Tonygfr]

Not entirely convinced: sap head is a fool - but sap = fool? That's new to me.. .

[Tonygfr]

Need to resolve an argument here! Why is it goitre? Please!

[mike11111]

Go (try) Re (touching, concerning) preceded by It (sex appeal).