Times 25041

[brillaben]

5d. Overwhelmed by hand-written documents, I rush to get at least one letter out (8) M???P?L? 11a. Leaves pine that's been chopped on slant (7) ??I?A?H Thanks in advance

[MarkRae]

5d MISSPELT
11a SPINACH

[brillaben]

Thanks Mark

[cluelessinsettle]

Sorry, don't fully 'get' SPINACH answer. Can see that spinach = 'leaves' and 'pine that's been chopped' is 'pin' maybe, but where does the 'slant' come in??

[bulliver]

spin = slant (as in political spin)
ach = ach(e) 'pine that's been chopped'

[cluelessinsettle]

Thanks a lot - the penny dropped when I had a second look (well, third or fourth!)
I was about to post a similar request on HENDRIX (24a) but light has similarly dawned!