Herald 2

[dave1948]

Still struggling

4d More than generous, clothing five in French hot spots (5)
?V?N? Ovens ?

2d I listened to hesitant representation in class(6)
?H?L??

14a King of Israel's last letter is with ones chap opened (5)
?I???

[dannyk13]

4d.Ovens - v(five) + en( in French) in os(outsize)

[dannyk13]

2d.Phylum

[ladyalex]

I was moving towards Phylum too, Dannyk, but how does it work, please ?

[dave1948]

Thank you Danny !!

One more
10a Spoil sole, length for blending (7)
?A?M?N?
Harmone ?

[dannyk13]

Not sure other than the y sounds like I and um represents hesitant.This leaves phl but I can't tie it in

[Mamyalynne]

Harm On(l)y

[dannyk13]

10a.Harmony - harm(spoil) + only - l) I think.

[ladyalex]

Thanks, Dannyk that's all I could see too...

[dave1948]

Thank you all for your help

It's still not finished so any thoughts on 14a are still welcomed

[Mamyalynne]

any more letters now?

[mazie]

Could it be David ?

[dave1948]

14a ?I?R?

[dave1948]

I think 14a is Zimri

Any comment ?

[Mamyalynne]

Yes

last letter - Z
Ones - i i
Chap - Mr

[Mamyalynne]

Well done Dave, cracking answer.

[Mamyalynne]

Zimri (king), King of Israel after Elah and before Omri

[dave1948]

Thank you all. Special thanks (yet again) to Mamyalynne for her great kindness not to mention her patience in helping people like me.

[Mamyalynne]

Oh that's very kind of you Dave, patience comes easily to me.