Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

A couple of parsing queries.

Band give shows - and live! (7) Q***T*T I have QUARTET but no idea why.

Commentator's not in time for West Ham's match (5) L*G*T must be LIGHT but don't see why.

As a Londoner apparently I pronounce late as light!

Thank you! That's a pretty poor clue.

Stuck on last 2 in:

17d "Motorists commandeering stern of cruise ship: that we've never understood" (6,1)

L?N??? A

2a "Crime writer's conclusion to book worrying" (7)

K???I?G

Any help much appreciated

17 LINEAR A
A language only known from clay tablets, I think.

17, LineAr A.

KEATING (Frank?)

No, H R F Keating (not a name familiar to me)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._F._Keating

H.R.F K eating.

Thanks chrise and rusty; both answers not known to me