Messenger 309

[Bernie]

1d Provide swimmer with vase inside (7) F??????
9 Hydrophobic crab i removed (5) 13 I name the desolate place no longer having publicity ( 2,3, 10) no letters
19 sentence arbiterintended say (8) ?U??????
23a In the sp, drelled part of shoe (10) ???A??????
20d Re-enter in another form -earthly (7) no letters
22a Steal rope from artist (8,7) A??????? Painter
15 down Dirty Fastener 4,5 ???? screw
Many thanks

[slaney]

Id F(urn)ish

[sandyRoe]

9 rabid

[mahonia]

23a espadrille

[Frank97]

20d Terrene

[sandyRoe]

22 abstract painter

[pixie373]

Sandy, could you explain rabid, please? I thought of that, but the letters seem to suggest rabic? Crab i...

[pixie373]

13 in the wilderness

[sandyRoe]

I was thinking hydrophobia..another name for Rabies

[pixie373]

Thank you. I did see that, but confused by crab i. Drab i would have been better?

[sandyRoe]

if the clue had read 'crab I deducted' :-)

[pixie373]

Yes :-)

[Frank97]

I'd have gone for "rabic"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rabic

[pixie373]

Ah. Didn't realise that was a word