ga crossword Jan 0007

[crossword]

Can you please help with there clues
6 down Old animal dropping Georgia in the mire
4 letters Q?A?
19down The senior magistrate preparing a report
7 letters P???T?R
23 across Knife associated with a Hindu deity
5 letters ?H?V?
28 across Minor burn
7 letters R?????T
20 down Frenchman who painted a brook breaking out afresh
7 letters U?R????
30 across leave in the shade
6 letters ?????n
22 across spoilt batik missing out black in dying process
4 letters I???

[JerryB]

19D PRAETOR - magistrate in Roman times, anagram of A REPORT

[JerryB]

23A SHIVA - SHIV slang for a switchblade, "associated with" A

[JerryB]

28A RIVULET - a burn is a Scots word for a small stream
20D UTRILLO - after Maurice Utrillo, French painter 1883-1955, anagram of RILL (brook), and OUT

[JerryB]

22A IKAT - method of tie-dying fabric, anagram of BATIK without (missing out) the B (for Black)

[JerryB]

I think 6D is going to be QUAG, as in QUAGmire, it's got GA (for Georgia) reversed (dropping) but I can't see where the old animal fits in - unless it's "old animal dropping" which could refer to a peat bog being a quagmire.

[crossword]

Thank you JerryB I can now see the animal in 6 down
A quagga is an extinct zebra like animal according to my dictionary minus the ga for Georgia

[crossword]

Thanks for all your help JerryB
I am now left with just two to finish
30 across 6 letters
leave in the shade
???O?N
26 down
Iris and more portrayed in Art Nouveau design
?V??
Thanks again

[JerryB]

26D is UVEA - it's part of an eye, including the iris, and it's hidden in art noUVEAu
Good spot on quagga, BTW

[JerryB]

And presumably 30A is MAROON, meaning to leave somebody, and also a colour, or shade