Sunday Times Prize Crossword 4512 Sunday November 18th 2012

[7thStranger]

Well and truely stuck across the bottom. Could do with a hand please.

22a) Dictator, ultimately from animated cartoon (8) ?O?O???T

23a) Natural part of black cherry (6) I?B???

24a) Sound from bolted shaft (4) ?L?E

25a) Unite? Yes, and break up midweek (9) ??D?E?D??

18d) 9 November Surrey riots (7) N?R????

20d) Light rug put on floor (5) T????

Much appreciation in advance.

[shooty]

24 flue (sounds like flew)

[glasman]

25 Wednesday
24 Flue

[shooty]

25 wednesday

[factor-fiction]

22a - anagram of Cartoon + M?

[Neveracrossword]

Monocrat
Inbred
Flue
Wednesday
Nursery
Torch

Explanations available if necessary.

[Mamyalynne]

18 nursery

20 throw

[factor-fiction]

Monocrat

[saladdodger]

18d nursery - anagram n + surrey

[Mamyalynne]

not torch - throw

[factor-fiction]

For 18d I can see the anagram for Nursery but can't see the definition or the relevance of the 9?

[Lie-in King]

18d Nursery (training - ans. 9a) - N(ovember) + anag 'Surrey'

[factor-fiction]

Thanks L-iK

[7thStranger]

Thanks everyone, finding Dean Mayer ones really difficult.

Can't see the word play for INBRED and NURSERY.

[MarkRae]

INBRED = natural
IN = part of
B = black
RED = cherry

[factor-fiction]

Lie-in King has explained Nursery now.

[MarkRae]

Training = nursery, as in ski slopes
9a = TRAINING
NURSERY = anagram of N + SURREY

[7thStranger]

Thanks Lie-In King