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jimmy

28th April 2012, 18:33
This has been a real pain, because there are no numbers entered in the grid, and I can only enter a specific one (which I don't know). Sorry I don't have any letters - they're in a different part of the grid:
1d Party, with and without backing, acquiring Japanese Oxygen - might this reflect investments? (8)
2d Old question of independence assimilated by Islamic state's languages (9)

I am trying to get the NW corner but I can't seem to make a start, so help with these, with explanations, would be gratefully received.
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jimmy

28th April 2012, 19:58
maybe you could help me with a different clue -
5d ''Traveller's Rest'' perhaps seen to supply caps (6)

With 1d, it is ????O???, and with 2d, it is ????U????. I have one letter in each thanks to 18a . Presumably, for 1, the O is the Oxygen that is referred to in the clue.
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aristophanes

28th April 2012, 20:08
Could 1d be conjoint?
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jimmy

28th April 2012, 20:17
Thanks, aristophanes, I think you're right with that; have you any idea on 2d?
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aristophanes

28th April 2012, 21:42
Could 5d be berets? Apparently there's an agency called Be Travellers (is it well-known?), and rest is "perhaps" rets.
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neilm

29th April 2012, 12:12
I too am having problems but assuming 1ac is dirks the suggestions thus far haven't helped (also Travellers Rest answer is 8 letters)
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neilm

29th April 2012, 12:19
I think 2 dnn is Iroquoian
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neilm

29th April 2012, 12:20
Also is 1down Dow Jones?
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aristophanes

29th April 2012, 13:04
Could caps be bursters? (It helps to know the right number of letters.) Bur as traveller, rest anag?
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neilm

29th April 2012, 14:24
I think you have been mislead by original post. The clue reads CUPS not Caps and it is 8 letters long
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