23d. Executive, conducive (11). M?N?S?E?I?L. Must be ministerial, which is just about reasonable for 'executive' but I can find no reason to parse it with 'conducive'. Can you? Otherwise finished,...
1a. American can trash writer (4,3) B?L? P?? Ball pen? Why?
4d. Put up say, demand for payment to be prompt (5) ??D?E Nudge? Lodge?I can't parse either.
TIA....
9a. Record of famous individual (4,4) N?T? D?W? Looks like 'noted one', but I'm sure of the W.
12a. Father and daughter in dock (5) P?D?E Any ideas?...
26a. Greek architect credited with the creation of the Parthenon with Callicrates and the sculptor Phidias (7). I?TIN?S
Guidance, please. Is this Iktinos, Iktinus, Ictinos or Ictinus?...
Can someone parse these two for me, please?
11a Torpedos exploded - pain for a Frenchman (8) D?O?S?E?
15d Existing skin inflammation starts to fade (10) I?D?E?L?N?...
"In symmetrically placed across answers, find and shade a relevant number and its lesser-known alternative". Has Tim Moorey lost the plot - or is it me? There is only one "symmetrically placed across...
Every day for the past week a very determined little blue tit has been trying to get into my house. It keeps tapping on the glass of the kitchen door every few minutes! I've put a nesting box on the...
13a. Hit it off, being mature (3,2). G?T ?N This could be GOT ON or GET ON, depending on one's choice of tense.
Any ideas would be appreciated - and interesting.
Aq....
18a. Mineral able to act as a cation exchanger (7). ?E?L?T?
Realgtr has been suggested, but Chambers don't have it and Google can't find it. Any ideas?...
8d. Members of East African tribes living on the upper reaches of the world's longest river (6) ?I?O?S. I think this must be Nilots. But the plural of Nilot is Nilotes. Is this an error in...