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gareth

25th March 2011, 13:52

The last lap is baffling me.
5a. Omit passage from speech rector overlooked, e?c?p?, I have except.
6d. He tucked into mushroom and chicken, I hear?. c?e?p, I have cheap.
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mamya

25th March 2011, 13:57
passage = excerpt , remove 'R' (rector)
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mamya

25th March 2011, 13:58
Cap = mushroom , add 'He'
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mamya

25th March 2011, 13:59
Sounds like (I hear) Cheep
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gareth

25th March 2011, 13:59
Thank you mamya, I assume that cheep is correct for 6d.
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mamya

25th March 2011, 14:06
Cheap is correct, sounds like (cheep)
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mamya

25th March 2011, 14:34
So sorry Gareth, it is of course CHEEP, must be the sunshine got to me.
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.

25th March 2011, 14:38
I thought it was - sounds like chicken = CHEEP

HE in CEP - mushroom

Nothing to do with - sounds like cheap.
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mamya

25th March 2011, 15:13
Correct and that is why I have apologised.
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