Radio Times 42

[Spriggins]

Lassie names walled city: ?i?n? Actor played with 50% of components: ?i?l. ?w?n. OMR is unimportant: ?i?o?

[Mamyalynne]

1 Siena, hidden

[Mamyalynne]

2 Bill Owen, Compo

[Baldric]

Siena
Bill Owen
Minor

[shaneystar2]

siena
bill owen
minor

[Mamyalynne]

3 Minor

[Spriggins]

Thank you all, but why minor?

[Mamyalynne]

anag - OMR is

[Mamyalynne]

Ignore my nonsense


M is IN OR

[Tilly2]

Morris Minor?

[Spriggins]

Minor is not an anagram of OMR is!

[Mamyalynne]

The letter M is IN the letters O + R

[Spriggins]

OK, thanks

[Hypognosis]

No wonder I didn't get the city. Or is Sienna (which I'd have rejected for not fitting) a different place altogether?

So 17d isn't Amazon then?

[Baldric]

17d ABLOOM

[Baldric]

Sienna, Italian: Terra di Siena, "Siena earth", is an earth pigment containing iron oxide and manganese oxide.

Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.

[Hypognosis]

Thanks for both, Baldric.

Burnt sienna I have heard of. That threw me. :)