RT46

[DavidLC]

Last 2 are uncertain...
5d. Frequent tendency to follow soldiers (9) ?E?U?R?N? looks like recurring
23a. Forbidding love to precede stench (5) ?D?U? is it odour. Thanks

[fuzzy-brain]

5d: Recurrent ?

[Wharton]

o = love
dour = forbidding
odour = stench

[janbee]

yes, odour

[DavidLC]

so are we agreed the answer is RECURRENT. Thanks

[dannyk13]

5d.Re current
23a.O dour

[DavidLC]

Thank You

[Aeolus]

Sorry to but in but can someone tell me how tenency = current or curring

[Aeolus]

Sorry, meant tendency =

[dannyk13]

Tendency = the general course or drift of something.
Current = General trend or drift

[mallyh]

tendency = trendy = current

[Aeolus]

Thanks Mallyh but not in any of my dictionaries.
Trendy = Current; OK.
Tendency = Trendy; Never!

Still that's the way of the world; any word can mean anything these days.
I suppose I'm a dinosaur but perhaps you can help me with the logic behind:

14d. The foreign politicians head off for domestic cover = Lampshade.
&
6a. Allowing access to make gin? No luck = Uncorking

I see 'Lampshade' as "a domestic cover" & 'Uncorking as "allowing access" by reverse engineering but the logic of the rest of the clue is beyond me

[bottleopener]

6a Unlocking is anagram of "gin? No luck"

[chelle7272]

La = french the (foreign)
MPs = politicians
Anagram (off) of head = hade

[Aeolus]

Thank you bottleopener & chelle7272

Mea Culpa!

Wrong answer for 6a and I should have seen the logic in 14d