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mildred

7th October 2018, 10:54
Sounds excellent, mattrom.
I had Volga and can now parse it.
River=Tweed but can't quite parse it. Sounds good!
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mattrom

7th October 2018, 10:55
Chambers has REIVE or REAVE as to plunder or rob, so R(E)IVER could be a raider.
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mildred

7th October 2018, 10:59
That's good. Many thanks!
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seamus, ayrshire

7th October 2018, 11:49
I'm not sure about the "one" in 20A. It implies that "IE" should be removed whereas it is only "E".
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mattrom

7th October 2018, 12:02
Seamus, I took it as one E, not both.
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jaymak

7th October 2018, 14:14
Tweed raider=Border Reiver
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seamus, ayrshire

7th October 2018, 17:04
mattrom wrote: Seamus, I took it as one E, not both.

Yes, that's a better interpretation.
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sunray

7th October 2018, 17:43
Parsing please.

18d. Material for building FABRIC?
Why?

Thanks.
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stevie gee

7th October 2018, 17:49
18d Double meaning
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sunray

7th October 2018, 18:11
I should look up TCD.
Thanks Stevie.
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