The Times Non Cryptic 1029 Monday April 1St 2013

[AndrewGebbie]

15a meaning 'Fool'

[bibblebub]

chump

(there's so many of these in today's, and they also crop up in the cryptic jumbo)

[frugalfred]

How many letters, Andrew?

[AndrewGebbie]

5 letters, first letter c. Could be c?o?t, but unsure of the other words

[AndrewGebbie]

If it's 'chump', then I'm stuck on 11d, 'Squandering', b???i?g

[boxtops]

binging

[Mamyalynne]

Blueing

[bibblebub]

blueing

[Stella788]

Could your "T" be wrong? Maybe it's clown.

[Mamyalynne]

chump

[Stella788]

Good luck Andrew I see this is your first posting ;-)

[rsvp]

?blowing for 11d

[Mamyalynne]

Blueing

[Mamyalynne]

vb blues, blueing, bluing blued
1. to make, dye, or become blue
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) (tr) to treat (laundry) with blueing
3. (tr) Slang to spend extravagantly or wastefully; squander

[AndrewGebbie]

Stella788, thanks
Mamyalynne & bibblebub, is 'blueing' a word? I can't find a definition meaning 'squandering'
rsvp, Stella788, I had blowing for 11d, and that works with clown as 15a, but then what would 12d (make larger, e?n?n?) be? I've got both extend and expand as probables.

[bibblebub]

chump, blueing, expand

[Mamyalynne]

12 expand

Blueing def above

[AndrewGebbie]

Mamyalynne, I bow humbly to your superior dictionary knowledge, the rest of you thanks very much

[Mamyalynne]

A real team effort Andrew and nice to meet you - be happy here. x

[boxtops]

How interesting - I've heard of "I blew it on a horse" i.e. I spentwasted that money on a bet, but never "blue" as in the colour.

[Mamyalynne]

Nor had I until today.