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DIYman55

Could anyone help with these clues please?
1a A rule that is plugged by Nazi, perhaps (8) starts with A
29a Took over actor's furniture(8) starts with E
18d Seed turned into dainty, round shrub (10, two words) ??E???M???

Post 1 of 25

Posted: 18th March 2010, 22:34

Zardoz

29A: ETA_GERES took (over) Gere's (actor's)

I'm stuck on the other two. Add a couple of letters to 18D:

??E?T?MA?? Are you sure about the E?

Do you have 23A ?

Post 2 of 25

Posted: 19th March 2010, 00:37

AJH

18d TRE(ETOM)AT-O

Post 3 of 25

Posted: 19th March 2010, 00:50

AJH

23AC- Drink the Spanish put in pancake-
B(EL)LINI

Post 4 of 25

Posted: 19th March 2010, 02:20

AJH

1AC- A-R-I.(ANIZ)E.

Post 5 of 25

Posted: 19th March 2010, 02:36

Zardoz

AJH - many thanks. Never heard of 23a.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellini_%28cocktail%29

Thought TOMATO was a possible.
1A cleared up 2D: ROUX (sauce) RUE (herb). Originally had MOLE - MOLY.
The NW corner is still very empty. Always have trouble with Lavatch

Post 6 of 25

Posted: 19th March 2010, 03:34

AJH

Zardoz-I do not pretend to know all the words -indeed as a TTotaller -never heard of bellini either! _That is what I like about cryptics you can work out the word from the word play without knowing the word(and Chambers to confirm)Let me know if you want further help
Regards

Post 7 of 25

Posted: 19th March 2010, 05:01

DIYman55

Thanks for the help Zardoz and AJH - you were both up late/early! I shall press on now and get a few more!

Post 8 of 25

Posted: 19th March 2010, 09:42

DIYman55

Almost finished now but still need:
19d Cracked puzzle's opener with speed; it generated solution. I have ?E?T?R?D (Not certain of the"R" - it came from 34a answered?)
36a Sailor's abandoning end of water course (6) AF?E?? is it afield?

Post 9 of 25

Posted: 19th March 2010, 13:07

John (from Arran)

19D could be PEPTIDES which are short chain polymers. An anagram of P (puzzle opener) + SPEED IT

Post 10 of 25

Posted: 19th March 2010, 13:16

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