Sunday Times Prize Crossword 4615 Sunday November 9Th 2014

[arjay]

I would appreciate help with the following, please:-
1 across "Old Bob in a stew first to snub area of potential trouble (3,5)
H?P/?P?T?
23 across "Excessively cute go between? Not entirely "(4) ???E
17 down "Air of gloom from broadcast about hospital publicity ?H?D??
Thank you.

[AlwaysConfused]

1) hot spots

[Neveracrossword]

1. Hot Spots (s, inside Hotpots)
23 Twee
17 Shadow (ad, inside show)

[Lie-in King]

1a Hot spots - 's(hilling)' (old Bob, in) 'hotpot' + 's(nub)'
23a "...be TWEE n..."
17d Shadow - 'sow' (broadcast, about) 'H(ospital) ad'

[arjay]

Thank you AlwaysConfused and Neveracrossword for your prompt and helpful answers

[AlwaysConfused]

happy to help, arjay

[v4758]

Hot spot - old Bib/shilling is S in hotpot
Twee - hidden word
S H(ad)ow

[lampado]

Would somebody help with the following please:-
5a-Spoils son, an amusing chap(4)
s???
6d-Raised above the ground,not at home one's heard(6)
??e?g?
Could be aweigh
16a-An unemotional nature is what gives a solver love!(5,2,5)
h?a?t/?f/?t?n?
could be heart of stone- if so-why?
Is 19D-upset
Thanks

[mallyh]

1 hot spots

[dannyk13]

1a.Hot spot
23a.Twee

[mallyh]

16 heart of stone

[roslyn251254]

yes heart of stone - the heart of stone is O (O = crosswordese for love/nil/nothing)
6d aweigh sounds like a way

[Mamyalynne]

5 SWag

6 Aweigh (away)

[roslyn251254]

5a s wag
19d upset (up= at university + set

[dannyk13]

5a.S wag
6d.Aweigh (sounds like away)
16a.Heart of stone

[dannyk13]

16a. letter o is the heart of stOne

[Baldric]

Isn't AB great?
lampado tags all his questions on to the end of 24 to 72 hours old questions as answers, and still gets the full AB treatment!

[lampado]

Mallyh, Roslyn, Mamyalynne and DannyK13

Thanks for your help.

Baldric
I do not understand your comment.
Have I breached some rule(s) of AB etiquette?

[Mamyalynne]

I don't think it's a criticism just a comment on how well the team pull together really.

[mallyh]

just made for me baldric i'm quite often a day late lol

[Baldric]

\\\ a comment on how well the team pull together really\\\ Spot on mamya

//Have I breached some rule(s) of AB etiquette?//

Not broken a rule as far as I know, It's just unusual to go down that route and gives a totally false impression of how you use AB, when your Profile shows 1 question and 12 answers, it makes it look as if answer a lot more than you ask, when in fact ... . . .