Spectator N0 2683 - Famous Last Words By Lavatch

[Matakari]

Good morning, pretty good going until I got stuck on the following for which I would appreciate help. Thanks in advance!

 21a  Question about mince pie resembling dairy product (6) : W?OO??

 23a Card player, for instance, in film (4): EA?T   ( EAST )

 26a  Gnome fixed cutter’s tool (3,3) : ???/S??

 18d They suppose media endlessly covers ancient city (9) :  P????MERS  ( PROSUMERS )

 19d Sport thus gets little cash (4) : ???N   

[roslyn251254]

21a 3 letter word for question starts with W. You OO is wrong..

23a yes

26a 2nd word is saw

 

18d pre sumer s  (sumer is the ancient city inside pres(s) )

19d N is wrong....usual 2 letters for sport

[Neveracrossword]

21 Wheyey

23 Yes - AS, for instance, inside ET, film,

26 Saw Set

18 Presumers (Is prosumers  a word?)

[thestath]

Peso 

[quinol]

26a saw 1st word surely?

[Neveracrossword]

Quinol, I definitely have Saw as the first word in 26. I expect it was a very rare typo from Ros!

[newmodarmy]

Prosumers was on Countdown last week. But clearly the definition here is 'they suppose' so Presumers.

[Neveracrossword]

NMA, thanks - I'll add that word to my (mental) vocabulary! It doesn't work for the clue, of course - not fitting the wordplay or the definition...

[roslyn251254]

yes sorry ...first word...trying to give hints rather than just supplying matakari with endless answers....

[Matakari]

Many thanks to all of you! "Prosumers" definitely could not work. I had “presumers” at first, but was led astray by 21a where I thought of WHO… to start the answer. Finally, a confirmation for this last one:

28            Latvian regularly ignored after excessive interval (6)  : O?T?VA ( OTTAVA )

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari - I seldom give you hints now, mine often didn't work! Yes, to Ottava.OTT, excessive and alternate letters from L  A  t  V i A.

 

[Matakari]

Grateful for the help, NACW!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. I expect you've got the thematic stuff all done now - you seem to have done this puzzle slightly in reverse, seeing the theme info before tackling the clues.

[Matakari]

NACW, this time I was just lucky to have gotten enough letters to facilitate my spotting the theme with some help from Google, of course!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari. I knew there were threads with revealing info and I knew you'd seen some of that - but I'm delighted to hear that you spotted the stuff yourself!