Saturday Times Prize Crossword 25382 Saturday January 26Th 2013

[genius1933]

really stuck! Help please! 14ac.Purpose of broadcaster following champion on board? To be fired up(7-2-3) ?U?F???-??-AIR.
21ac.Splitting a neat sound between verse and hymn (9). V???O?I??

[Lie-in King]

14a Surface-to-air (missile; to be fired up) - 'to air' (purpose of broadcaster, following) 'surf ace' (champion on board)

21a Vamoosing (splitting; running away) - 'a moo' (a neat [cow] sound, in) 'v(erse)' + 'sing' (hymn, as verb)

[Oldred]

surface-to-air

[sandyRoe]

21 Vectoring ?

[roslyn251254]

14a surface to air?

[sandyRoe]

ignore vectoring ^

[genius1933]

Many thanks AB's

[Operatix]

Surface to air
Vamoosing

What the hell are 19,20 down and 25,27 across?!

[Mamyalynne]

clues ??

[roslyn251254]

operatix - the clues would help!

[Lie-in King]

Hi Operatix - it's always preferable to post the full clues, numbers of letters & any you've placed, so that people without the puzzle can more readily help you :-)

This is the preferred format on AB -

19d Possible miss ruins odds in heat (6) ?A????

20d One causing a reaction of fury, dismissing father and me (6) ?N????

25a A dancer, I judge cloud position by wind direction (8) ?I?I????

27a Alarm about family's use of cosmetics (8) ?K?N????

All those answers intersect, so I've deliberately omitted the crossing letters from the patterns & assumed you have the other answers.

I shan't answer them yet, to give others a chance to solve them first :-)

[Captain2]

27a S-kin-care

[Lie-in King]

19d Marsha (possible 'miss'; a girl) - 'mars' (ruins) + odd letters of 'HeAt'
20d Enzyme - (one causing a reaction) - '(fr)enzy' + 'me'
25a Nijinsky (dancer) - 'N(orth)' (wind direction) + 'I j(udge) in sky'

Thanks, Captain :-)