Times cryptic Jumbo 968

[MIME007]

4d Plug gap without guidance A-R-F-. Looks like adrift, but I can't see any connection with clue - any explanation appreciated!

[squarebear]

ad(vert) is a plug
rift is a gap

[Flyhalf]

Ad = advert, + rift (gap)

[HowardKennitby]

AD = advert = plug
RIFT = gap
etc

[MIME007]

Thanks all, got brain fade today!

Now struggling with 10D Part of foot bridge is too thin to be erected incomplete. I have T-O-S--, looks like Tootsie, I get 'part of foot' but don't see the rest. Thanks in advance!

[squarebear]

looks like TOE (part of foot)
IS TOO erected (backwards) is OOTSI.
I assume thin means cut it down so TOE with OTSI in it?

[squarebear]

Igbnore that.

ridg(E IS TOO T)hin erected (backwards)

[shoota]

bridgE IS TOO Thin

[HowardKennitby]

of all the words that fit tootsie looks best but I don't get the 'bridge' ref.

[MIME007]

Thanks again Squarebear. Think I'll try again in the morning, perhaps my brain will engage then!!

[mike11111]

The 'tootsies' or toes form part of the bridge of the foot.

[shooty]

totally agree with squarebears first answer
tootsie was a PART played by Dustin Hoffman

[HowardKennitby]

I am not aware of feet having a part called a bridge.

[shooty]

bridge of the foot = instep

[HowardKennitby]

Looks like SB has it. What part does 'incomplete' play in this?

[shoota]

tootsies is in the clue but is only part of it, but you have to read it backwards