Any help gratefully acknowledged
14a Half of country hampered by present decline (8) ... s?a?n???
4d A river with new crossing? I'm honoured (8) ... l?u?e???...
The very large Christmas crossword, by Dean Mayer 12d Virgin filling bank form (2,4,2,6,4) Answer is "as pure as the driven snow" (i.e. virgin) But how does the wordplay work? ... "the driven snow" is...
The stubbornly resistant last one to go in ....
25a Century for fellow on quick pitch (4) C_S_
Might be CAST ---- synonym of PITCH --- but can't see the wordplay...
3 stubbornly resistant answers ... for which any help gratefully received and acknowledged 8d Hospital radio show's new offer? (6) H_T_A_ 17d Senior nurses recognise a boss! (7) S_E_L_R 26a What TV...
27a Redecorated skips one time in New York, say: most colourful (7) R_D_E_T This is the last one to go in. Looks like it should be /might be "REDDEST" (most colourful) - but can't see the wordplay....
Struggling .. and seeking help (which will be gratefully acknowledged) 1a Good to keep bowing? I'll wait (6) 17a Singer, one from New Zealand, entertains married ladies regularly(3,5) .I./..L.. 16d...
21d ... "Fish - portion of it served with bread" (6)
This is the stubborn last one in; from the surrounding answers we are confident that the pattern is "_I_N_N"
Any help gratefully acknowledged...
any help gratefully received re 3 clues .... 25a Least spacious area denied to rest of adolescents in afternoon? (9) We derive the answer as TEENSIEST (least spacious). We can see the link between...
Any help in understanding the following would be greatly appreciated 10a : Mother bears carry skinned relation (9) NARRATIVE (relation) We partially understand this as Narr['carry' skinned]ATIVE ........
