Rt27

[redglenys]

outside, a cultivated [but not good] tree[5] ?o?a? rowan?
17d also throw out drink [6] s?a?d? shandy?
18d swift hooligan becomes server [5] ?a ?o? yahoo?

[sandyRoe]

shandy is ok. throw...shy around 'and'...also
Dean Swift wrote of Yahoo's.

[Captain2]

cultivated = Grown, but no 'good' = Rown around 'A'

[mallyh]

17 yes and + shy (throw)
18 j swift yahoo gullivers travels

[aelmpvw]

someone's bound to say his name was jonathan not dean

[redglenys]

thank you for confirming my guesses

[sandyRoe]

He left his money to found a 'madhouse' in Dublin, saying no city was more in need of one.

[mallyh]

aelmpvw ?

[sandyRoe]

No, not Aelmpvw, Dean Jonathan Swift. :-)

[mallyh]

thanks sandyRoe didn't get aelmpvw at all with the someones bound to ....

[Baldric]

1713 Swift installed as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.

[aelmpvw]

sorry about the 'Dean/Jonathan' comment, it was supposed to be a joke

[mallyh]

no probs aelmpvw i didn't realise he was a dean that's why i was confused x