Skeleton 18/11/12

[dannyk13]

Need help with last one which is driving me mad.
18a. Overtaken driver back on a road, kind of low.I have ?A?W?I? but not sure about the W.

[shooty]

Hi Danny. seen bargain and lagos suggested.
I cannot parse how bargain fits though.

[dannyk13]

Nor me Shooty

[maggiebee]

18a seen as bargain

[shooty]

languid would fit and can mean kind of low, but again I cannot parse.
Maybe you can work with this ?

[dannyk13]

Wish I could Shooty.It's driving me mad.

[dannyk13]

Where is Lie-in King when you need him?

[Lie-in King]

He's around somewhere...

[dannyk13]

Can you parse bargain for us.

[Mamyalynne]

Danny, I gave this puzzle a wide berth a long while back, some answers were impossible to parse.

[dannyk13]

Yep, many's the time I've had to guess a solution.

[Lie-in King]

Sorry, Danny - I can't see a parse for either 'bargain' or 'languid', other than the 'A1' (road) being involved...

[dannyk13]

Thanks anyway LIK. As mamyalynne says sometimes it is not possible to parse their solutions.

[shooty]

I've been staring at this too long now.
As an effort,

Overtaken = gain + back of (drive)R + a B(road)
Kind of low = bargain (cheap or basement) ?

I'm still not convinced.

[dannyk13]

Its better than any thing I've come up with.I'll go along with that Shooty.Well done.

[Rayandad]

Overtaken (grab becomes barg) back on (gives n) a road (A1) , kind of low gives bargain. Not sure how the driver fits in though