Sunday Times Cryptic 4563 Sunday November 10Th 2013

[chardon713]

3 stubbornly resistant answers ... for which any help gratefully received and acknowledged

8d Hospital radio show's new offer? (6)
H_T_A_

17d Senior nurses recognise a boss! (7)
S_E_L_R

26a What TV has for TV investor (6)
_R_G_N

[emeritus]

26a Dragon

[chardon713]

Hi emeritus ... can you help me understand "dragon"?

[emeritus]

Dragons Den

TV programme for Investors

[Calibax]

8d Hitman? H(ospital) + ITMA + N(ew) - Don't really see why that's 'offer' though

[emeritus]

17d Stellar

[Calibax]

^just seen it. To off is slang for to murder so an off-er would be a killer (hitman)

[emeritus]

Senior Nurse = SR
Recognise A = Tell a

?

[Calibax]

26a ^ a TV (transvestite) would have Drag on.

[chardon713]

I'm still having trouble (I am not familiar with the TV programme) and cannot understand the wordplay
It seems 'dragon' is the straight part of the clue ... where is the cryptic component?

[Jomlett]

Double definition?

[chardon713]

many thanks to all for your help

[Jomlett]

wiki tells me they "calculate stellar masses for ~400,000 massive luminous galaxies at redshift ~0.2-0.7 using the first two years of data from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS)"!

[Vimto]

I've finally surrendered to Mr Mayer and now look if he is the ST compiler; if so, I purchase the Sunday Telegraph instead. Sunday mornings are too precious to spend too much time on crosswords. I rise early around 5am and like the crossword to last about an hour or so until "The Shop Steward" arises. I'm lucky enough to have an understanding newsagent who opens at 5.00am.

[michelangelo]

Can anyone help with 25 across
Insurer”s rejected increase—wow (8)
or 19 down specific articles are reduced to
singular essay (6)
Thanks in advance

[Mamyalynne]

Surprise

Thesis

[bibblebub]

25a) surprise = Pru's reversed + rise

19d) thesis