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janiceh

13th March 2016, 17:23
Can anyone confirm my last two please?
19d What's most taxing when the top's obscured.(7)
Everest

37a Piece of bacon wrapped around seafood.(5)
Prawn

I'm having trouble with the parsing.
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merryphil

13th March 2016, 17:26
bacoN WRAPped, anag. Scruffy clue.
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eirlys

13th March 2016, 17:28
37 nwrap is hidden in the clue
Anagram of nwrap : prawn : seafood
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malone

13th March 2016, 17:28
19 'Severest' would be the most taxing, then drop the first letter ('when the top's obscured' ) to get Everest.

37 Prawn is sort of hidden - bacoN+WRAPped. 'Around' meant we were to anagram this, to get Prawn. This is an explanation I saw yesterday, hope I've got it right!
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janiceh

13th March 2016, 17:29
37a looks so easy now you've told me! Thanks to both of you.
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