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8d What's best to sleep in after night on the tiles?(3,4,7)
- The Cats Pyjamas.

18d Extemely unpleasing shape,showing principally this?(8) - Ugliness

answer please for
35a During housework hanging around in confusion(8)
d?s?r?a? These letters are correct if I have the right answers for the 2 above.

Also...
24a Check on dog as horses jump(6) I have - curfew. where does few come from?

8d The cats Pyjamas
18d Ugliness
35a disarray
24a Curvet

35a is DISARRAY. DIY is housework and arras is a hanging of some kind.
8d - the best is "tha cats pyjamas" and cats spend the night on the tiles I believe.

Ahh Curvet, thanks glwadys.
Any explanations for the other 3 please?

How about:
extremely unpleasing= UG
shape= LINES
showing principally (i.e. 1st letter)= S
Lines plural looks a bit iffy but otherwise.

Hi terry
I kinda thought along the same -ahem - lines.
but is a line a shape?
or shape showing principally, to give ss
none of which are wholly convincing to me.

Hello Trevor,

Chambers Word Wizard gives among the definitions of LINE. 9. (often lines) an outline or shape-a car of stylish lines. It's a new one on me but clearly shape and lines are interchangeable in this example.

nice one terry, thanks.

mustn't forget torvic, thank you too

Hi Trevor, have you finished it yet?
I got ugliness---curvet----disarray and cats pj's