Spectator 2175 Saturday August 16Th 2014

[solidair123]

just 3 to finish - please help and explain
23a placate empty boyfriend with plates of meat pedat?
31a belt of gold round general oro?e?
26d take a meal in tanzania ea? (probably eat but why?)

[bookbinder]

26d Tanzania East Africe.

[bookbinder]

...or maybe East Africa Tanzania.

[mac44]

31a. or o gen

[bookbinder]

I've just checked. EAT is Tanzania's vehicle identification plate.

[bibblebub]

23a: pedate

[bibblebub]

26d: also Tanzania is in the East Africa Time timezone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa_Time

[solidair123]

Thanks for your help everyone. But why "pedate"

[bibblebub]

placate empty = P(lacat)E
boyfriend = DATE

'plates of meat' is rhyming slang for 'feet' http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pedate