12ac Precise ,short theatre cleaner (8,6) S?R?I?H? S?I?I? is it Straight Spirit but can't see why. 26ac. Anxiety shown by South American Writersat closing of bookstore(8) S?S?E?S? think its Suspense....
20a Pirate doesn't finish nasty beer. Answer I think is (vil)(lager) but what have villagers got to do with pirates? 16d Spur to cuddle little helper at breakfast. Answer I think is egg spo(on), but...
15A. Napoleon's horse about to split fruit. (7). ?A?E?G? 13D. Chuck fruit when after senior figure. (10). E?D?R?E?R? I can only come up with ELDERBERRY but why? What has "chuck" got to do...
5d, 11a. Novel where it's not entirely nuts to squeeze breasts (10). I have B_N_ and _U_T_R, and am thinking that the last part is probably BUSTER, but I can't think of the full name of the novel.
G'morning folks .... am stuck on the last 3 today ... 23a corniche regular long ago (4) ?n?? 14d interviewee is comedian who keeps trained bees (9) ?o?s?e??? 20d fish to hang with head removed (5)...
1d little archer being raised in police department (5) ?u?i?
22a Vatican edict with 50 points? b???
8a european cormorants seen regularly (5) ?r?a?
Many thanks, Chox...
5 d duty keeps one in blue moving pictures (8) *a*l**** 29a plant making goat cheese intitially on a high (9) B***e**** must be partly an anagram of goat?? 18d they hate getting iffy silver after...