Sunday Times Cryptic 4572

[chardon713]

Any help gratefully acknowledged

14a Half of country hampered by present decline (8) ... s?a?n???
4d A river with new crossing? I'm honoured (8) ... l?u?e???

[bibblebub]

4d) laureate

[bibblebub]

14a) stagnate

[chardon713]

OK .. that's what we suspected ... grateful if you can assist with how word plays are working

[bibblebub]

14a) STAGNATE = decline

half of country = NAT(ion)
present = STAGE, as in e.g. to put on a show

STAG nat E

4d) LAUREATE = i'm honoured

a river = A URE - ure being just one example of a river
new = LATE (but not 100% happy with this)

L a ure ATE

[chardon713]

Many thanks bibblebub

[bibblebub]

you're very welcome

[BrockHoaran]

Help with :
3d hairy hen, term for giant hangover. 3,7,5
6d easy reading, I agree till truth comes out 5,10 -----literature?
9a hound by itself ,adorable 9. --r---u--

[terryfish]

3d - THE MORNING AFTER

[SadOwl]

light literature (ang)

[SadOwl]

That's 6 dn of course. Can anyone tell me how to edit a posting please?

[BrockHoaran]

Thanks terry fish and sadowl

[sandyRoe]

Postings can't be edited. You could post again pointing out the changes you wanted.

[BrockHoaran]

Help with 25a rejected song for one home nation 7. N---r--??
24a reduced temperature in putting on pepper. 9. ----u---t??
13d health&safety call about papa's tumble 10. -a---a-i--??
19d old country, a country that was unfinished.6 -e----??
26a was annoyance driven by desire? 7 --e---d?

[boxtops]

Brock, you have a lot of questions and your're posting in a thread which has already been answered. Next time, it's probably better to start your own new thread - people might not read right down to your new questions if they see the original ones have been answered.

[BrockHoaran]

I' not too good with the site format. There's search? Then questions. Can someone explain the process?? I'm an old gut so not so hot with threads etc!

[boxtops]

Brock - you use the red search box at the top if you think your question might have been asked already - just type the clue into the box and click on Search. It is has, the threads offering answers will be listed.

To ask questions on Crosswords, you type the name of the crossword in the big orange "type your question here" box, then a bigger box drops down for you to type in the details of the clue.

I hope this helps!

[boxtops]

...and if you want to be notified each time someone answers, click the subscribe box (bottom left) before you Submit your question. That way your question shows up in a box on the bottom right of your screen, under the Latest Posts box, and you can look it up anytime.

[BrockHoaran]

I cannot even spell. Git!!

[BrockHoaran]

Thanks box tops I was not aware of that but will use in future

[boxtops]

LOL