i Prize Cryptic Crossword No 554

[souxie]

27 Across, Laxness, say associated with Churchill, Shaw, or Heaney (5,8)
SORRY NO LETTERS
3 Down, Outrageous writing not opened by soldiers (7) E?T?E??
5 Down, Dance footwear? quite the reverse -garden equipment(4-5)
H?S?-R???

Many Thanks in Advance

[shoota]

3d Extreme

[factor-fiction]

For 5d you are showing 4,4
Hose reel?
hose reels

[dannyk13]

3d.Extreme

[Baldric]

HOSE REEL

[Calibax]

3d (t)ext REME

[emeritus]

27a Nobel Laureate

[emeritus]

This person was also

http://en.wikipedia.o.../Halld%C3%B3r_Laxness

[grumpygoat]

If 27 Across is Nobel Laureate then 15 Down can't be Affluence as it has to end with an "a". Anybody have a resolution to this please.

[Captain2]

what's the clue for 15d?

[shooty]

what the wealthy have - a fine mixture of zeal and fun (9)

[shooty]

affluence makes sense
influenza is an anag of zeal + fun + in, but does not make sense

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1189163.html

[Mamyalynne]

Yes us ordinary folk have flu - the wealthy have influenza

[Captain2]

Affluenza ( anag of zeal + fun + a +f)

[Mamyalynne]

oh is that a word sorry.

[Mamyalynne]

well done captain

[shooty]

Well done Captain

http://dictionary.ref...ffluenza?s=ts&ld=1118

[Captain2]

mamy

I'd not heard of it before

Affluenza, from affluence and influenza, is a term used by critics of consumerism. Sources define it as follows:

affluenza, n. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more.[1]

affluenza, n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by the pursuit of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth.[2]

[shooty]

Snap Mamya : )

[grumpygoat]

Just discovered the word affluenza too. Many thanks all