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19 DOWN. Example of the blues is devastating to the ears (4) ?A?E.
Possibly the hardest clue that I have ever attempted as the short ones are the worst. There are so many possible answers to this clue that relate to "devastation", "blues" and "to the ears" (sounds like). I am totally bamboozled now. Here are just a few of the possibilities that I came up with...Jake (blues brother), raze, mane, rase (anag of ears), pare, mame, mace, saxe (like sax/sacks) and wale (sounds like wail). Would need to be parsed before I believe any of you! I would much rather be watching Giles and Mary on Gogglebox. Giles would just throw my biro in the fire and tell me to forget about blinkin' crosswords. Over and out.

I saw this answered as Saxe, 'of a deep shade of light blue' and it sounds like 'sacks', is devastating (plundering etc).

Never say ‘over and out’, it’s either one or the other

Thank you Malone but I'm still very dubious about the correct answer.

I'm thick. What do you mean jono?

Thanks, Trelos. I was impressed when I saw this solved elsewhere and I was pleased the dictionary definitions bore it out - but you might have to wait until the solution appears to see if it's right!

PS I'm watching Joanna Lumley in the Arctic Circle, on tv . She's been enthusing about Norwegian wooden houses, with their Saxe blue window frames.

I think Malone`s `SAXE` is the right solution, another word I`ve not heard before!

Haha, in radio parlance, ‘over’ means you’re expecting a response and ‘out’ means you’re ending communications. So you can’t be both over and out. You hear it all the time on tv, but it’s never actually said, one for the pedants perhaps

Thank you everyone. I think I nodded off last night, hence the late reply. I never did get to see Giiiiiiiles and Maaaary. Yes, I am settling for "saxe" now. And just for you jono…...over and out!