Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

Saturday

Unsure about this one:

26A Trinity College rascal's topped record during term? (8)

S _ A _ _ E _ N

Possibly SCALPEEN? Possibly SLATTERN? I can't parse either! Any suggestions welcome.

Oops! my mistake, I should have written SPALPEEN not scalpeen.

SPALPEEN I think, meaning rascal.
Trinity College is there as an Irish indicator.
I can see LP (record) and SPAN (term), but…

I think it’s probably (E)LPEE in SPAN. Unusual to see the full form, qv emcee

Thank you Jono, Quisling , I think that must be it. I saw the Irish reference and LP, but El Pee was beyond me!

What has happened to timesforthetimes
Cant seem to reach it on line?

Would never have got 26a.
1a. Commander's leading question for German? (8)
Looks like 'composer', but why German?

Edward German was a composer of light opera, eg Merrie England

Thanks, can't say I've heard of him.

The question mark indicates that it’s a definition by example