Rte 9 Thursday February 19Th 2015

[lorus]

25a Could be the construct of a cowboy builder ( 6 ) Is the answer to this clue PREFAB .
lorus

[scorpiojo]

What letters do you have, lorus?

[maurice]

Might be FRAMER anagram of "farmer" perhaps?

[poorclare]

I think Prefab
don't understand Framer -

[maurice]

A framer is akind of constructor or builder; a cowboy is a kind of farmer (in the widest sense) and the letters can construct the other word "framer". Seems sensible enough to me. Whereas a prefab has nothing particularly to do with cowboys, surely. But we don't even know what letters are already "given".

[Nibble]

Cowboy builder suggests a building "thrown up" "jerry built" - could be prefab, but letters would help!

[shoota]

Corral ?

[ducksie]

where do you see the anagram or even farmer Maurice? the answer's prefab.

[shoota]

Prefab looks likely as the word ends in 'b'
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1401424.html

[ducksie]

was prefab shoota, I completed the crossword earlier in the week - looking at your link...Bernie's a mile out on some of her answers :/

[maurice]

Without the final "b" & without knowing this is a themed but not cryptic puzzle, my suggestion still seems perfectly OK to me.
Ducksie: maybe your q & criticism crossed with my explanation.
And to the original poster: maybe you could give any letters you have automatically next time --- or didn't you have any?
This was all rather a waste of time under those conditions, I must say!

[lorus]

25a Here are the letters I have :- _ R _ F _ B . So I think I will go with "prefab ".
Thanks to all who helped