I'm pretty sure I've got the answers but don't understand the wordplay, can anyone explain it to me?
2 down: Spirit price cut is a bit of a blow (6,4) _A_A_E _H_P (karate chop - it's the Karate bit I don't get!)
15 across: Veteran cockney to carry worker (3,4) _L_ H_N_ (old hand)
Any explanations appreciated
2d The Ancient Egyptians believed that a human soul was made up of five parts: the Ren, the Ba, the Ka, the Sheut, and the Ib. In addition to these components of the soul there was the human body (called the ha, occasionally a plural haw, meaning approximately sum of bodily parts). ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka_(Egyptian_soul)
So, KA then RATE CHOP (price cut)