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merryphil

13th February 2017, 13:07
6d. Smooth style of progress through various gears? Nonsense (3,3,7)
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jazzgirl

13th February 2017, 13:10
gas and gaiters
sooth - sand
style - gait
various (anagram of) gears
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jazzgirl

13th February 2017, 13:11
*typo
smooth (not sooth)
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jazzgirl

13th February 2017, 13:18
Interesting article here of "gas and gaiters" origin and how the expression has evolved including "nonsense" http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-gas1.htm
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merryphil

13th February 2017, 14:02
Thank you, jazzgirl, never thought of Gas and Gaiters as nonsense, more as the C of E Trollope style management. Although maybe.....
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