Times Cryptic From 1948 5734 Wednesday December 26Th 2012

[tommy-h]

only one to go but cannot fathom it,can anyone help please.
20 dn.A crib which doesn`t get one honours? (7) ?A?S?E?

[Svejk]

Passkey.
Tenuous. Crib/copy
Anyway, it'll bump it up the list, Tom.

[emeritus]

Bass(i)net ?

[emeritus]

Not sure but it is Crib without i ?

[bibblebub]

(i can't find bassnet anywhere)

[emeritus]

Nor me Bibblebub

[bibblebub]

is there a non-honours version of B.A.(Hons) that isn't just B.A. e.g. B.A. (Ssnet) if it was to directly fit the letters

[emeritus]

Found an alternative spelling of Bascinet ?

[emeritus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Applied_Science

not sure if this helps ?

[maxymax]

I share your frustration with this one tommy-h. I just cannot for the life of me see what this can be because there is no word "bassnet". Are your letters definitely right?

[tommy-h]

definitely right.Submitted with passkey for want of an answer and got 1 wrong.

[maxymax]

Wow! I would have put passkey too without much confidence - a pass in an exam is a basic pass without honours and as previously pointed out a passkey could be a duplicate (crib). Presumably passkey is definitely the one you got wrong!!

[tommy-h]

Thats my guess,everything else works well.No all correct subs as yet.Difficult getting into the mindframe of a setter from 1948.Long gone to setter heaven I presume.RIP.

[maxymax]

Had not realised that it was a crossword originally set in 1948! Perhaps the answer is an obsolete word. When will you get the answers - I am fascinated to know!

[tommy-h]

You`ll know as soon as I know!

[maxymax]

Cheers Tommy-H I will keep checking. Have a good Boxing Day & hope your football team win. Regards Maxy

[tommy-h]

Have just been advised passkey is indeed correct.Now very puzzled indeed.Still not happy with definition but not the first time.Will get back when I find out where I went wrong.MEA CULPA.

[tommy-h]

found it ! spelt amaryllis wrong.

[tommy-h]

Clue,10ac,Subject of sport in the shade.(9) AM?R?L?I?

could any kind person parse this for me?

[TheWinner]

Its a quote from John Milton's Lycidas.

[TheWinner]

And strictly meditate the thankles Muse,
Were it not better don as others use,
To sport with Amaryllis in the shade,
Or with the tangles of Neæra's hair?