Club Monthly

[mra1]

Complete except for 2 viz 8down (8) Doubt at heart replaced by rise of mostly harmful foolish idealism ?U?X?TRY and 19 across (5) Homeric character burying the author's backward roots E?Y?A. I am also not sure if I have picked the right alternative for 7Down I have JELL but it could be JEEL (Clue is - Come together has letters regularly spaced in 'joo joo eyeball' and so far as I can discern either word could fit - could do with some help here please!

[Captain2]

8 Quixotry?

[mra1]

You are a genius! Thank you - have you any thoughts on the other two?

[Captain2]

19 Can't get past 'Etyma' but can't parse it fully'

Author's = MY (backwards), but.......

[mra1]

Well according to Chambers ETYMA is a true origin ie root so that will do me. Thank you once again. Do you think I have made the right decision regarding 7 down - the JEEL is of course Scots but there are 2 "e"s in the clue as well as 2 "L"s

[bibblebub]

The goddess Ate is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad so put that name outside 'me' and put it all backwards.

[tommy.toon]

Eta is a Greek letter

[shoota]

Jell means come together.
Jee is a morass.....

[shoota]

Sorry...'Jeel'

[Captain2]

Thanks for that guys

Bibble - did you mean 'MY' and not 'ME'?

[mra1]

Thank you Bibblebub and Tommy Toon - that explains matters very nicely! Have you any ideas regarding 7 down?

[bibblebub]

tommy.toon's greek letter explanation is better

[bibblebub]

and yes, i did mean 'my'

[mra1]

Thank you very much Shoota - nice to know I was actually right! Thanks again to all of you - I was going round in circles like a hamster on a treadmill!