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Couple to go this week but have got stuck. Any help with these gratefully recieved.
30a. Canvas showing old woman accepted as pilot at sea (10). I have M-I-T-P-A-L. It has most of the letters of pilot, but I dont see the answer.
Also, to kick start the bottom right..
55a. Money laid out for military blockade (10). I have ---G-T---T.
Thanks in advance...

30 main-topsail

55a investment 46d is passage

Thank you.. I wondered about some kind of sail, bit I dont know many!
The investment one I had the wrong way round somehow.

I would very much appreciate the logic for main-topsail, please.
Being a great fan of the Aubrey/Maturin books of Patrick O'Brien, I bought a companion book of explanations. The number of different sails is extraordinary- my fav is mizzen topgallant staysail!

Hi Rosalind;


This is an anagram of "as pilot" at sea + main. This confused me when I did it, as I thought "main" for sea, giving a double use for "sea" How does old woman come into it? Maybe an obscure meaning of main?
In an earlier post I pointed out that several of these clues appeared inaccurate!

Over to the floor...

old woman = Ma
accepted = in

Thanks Trevor. Blind spots on the march.

Thank you, geddit now, know I wouldn't have gottit myself!