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Baffled on 6d, 8d, 9a and 13a! (For 13a have possibly ginkgo or wickup but I could be way off).

I am also stuck for 6D and 9A. I think 13A is "rocket". Not sure about 11A .... it could be airman, batman or skyman!

Bob

Just cracked it. 9A is "equate", 6D is "equivocal" and 11A is "airman".

13 A rocket But why and 26 A winger again why?

This is very helpful chaps.

Rocket is a salad plant and a rocket is a firework - hence spectacular.

I've got winger too. Not sure why!

8d is REINSTATE !!! rein - state!

extreme is wing, not sure why useful is ER

26a; extremely useful footballer.
-Left wing and right wing are the two wingers who play on the extreme left and right respectively, and are called the wingers. David Beckham is one.

sorry I meant to add ' in a football team they play L & R extremes'

Hi Clearwater and other contributors,

WINGER had me baffled too; however, on another site, I found an explanation that 'winger' was London slang [it wasn't suggested that it was Cockney slang] for something that was extremely useful - like a gadget.

I spent some time looking at various on-line slang dictionaries but I regret that I cannot confirm that explanation...

Regards,

Caravaggio