Dm Friday

[CleverHector]

Appreciate any help please...........
12a Work with local fanatic and Kazakh reporter (English) 11

12d The majority of 1 Down is not far away (5)

-- extra tricky as I don't have 1 Down yet.... :-)

[dannyk13]

12a.Collaborate
12d.Close

[mac44]

1d is shutter

[michaelmph]

Haven't got 12A yet but 1D is shutter

[MargoTester]

Collaborate
Close

[MargoTester]

Morning Danny hope you are Ok. I got collaborate from the allusion to 'work with' but can't really parse it? I know it's an anagram o local not sure about every the borate bit.

[dannyk13]

Margo, good morning
Parse:- colla(anagram of local) + Borat(Kazakh reporter)+ e(English)

[MargoTester]

Thanks Danny - not come across that before, only in the contact of Sacha Baron Cohen so would never have made the connection. The wise owl strikes again x

[MargoTester]

Should read context nit contact!

[CleverHector]

Thank you all so much!!

Have a great weekend.