Herald

[dave1948]

Struggling to finish

17a Watercourse ,one Tolkien initially plotted to go through a plan of Andover (5,6)
RIVER ?????N

14d Scar line's soft tissue (6)
M?R???

16a With an all-embracing card travel by sea under one's own steam (4)
??I?

[Oldred]

14d marrow

[dannyk13]

14d.Marrow

[Baldric]

RIVER ANDUIN

[dave1948]

Thank you both

I ,m ashamed I couldn'tsee that

17a now RIVER ?O???N

[dave1948]

Baldric If Marrow is right River Anduin cannot be (see above)

[dannyk13]

Dave. Is it 5&6 or 5& 7 which you are showing?

[dave1948]

17a is 5,6 Danny
RIVER ?O???N

[Baldric]

5 & 6 shown twice

Specsavers ?
;o)

[Oldred]

River Jordan - anagram andover + i JRR

[dannyk13]

Good one Oldred

[dave1948]

Thank you.

I'm unsure why the "specsavers" comment is there but it doesn't help. Clearly Anduin was not the answer

[dannyk13]

I think he was referring to my inability to count Dave.

[Baldric]

Dave. Is it 5&6 or 5& 7 which you are showing?

Because of that ^^^^^^

[Oldred]

16a s w im

[dave1948]

Thank you all.

Oldred I had also come up with swim before I saw your answer. All finished with your kind help !!!