Wed D Mail No. 14,679

[bryand]

5a) Discover deep sound (6) ?U????
7d) Top city on Riviera hoards restricted cereal (5,4) ??O?? ?I?E
8d) Cherish exotic rhinestone to cut (8) ??S????N?
17d) Humanities' roles quietly chopped (4) A?T?
20d) Short chap leaves rubbish (4) G?F?
All help much appreciated

[Lackster7]

rumble
brown rice
enshrine

[Sipowicz]

Rumble
Brown rice
Enshrine
Arts
Gaff

[emmie]

rumble
brown rice
enshrine
acts
guff

[retrocop]

rumble
brown rice
enshrine
arts
guff

[dannyk13]

17d.(p)arts

[retrocop]

I believe 17D is Arts. Roles= Parts minus P(Quietly removed) emmie.

[emmie]

probably, rather struggled with this today.

[retrocop]

according to Chambers 20D could be Gaff or Guff.

[Sipowicz]

Gaff er

[retrocop]

Thanks Sipowicz.Can see how Gaff is parsed now.

[Sipowicz]

You're welcome.

[bryand]

Thank you all for your prompt and very helpful responses. Good luck

[corylus]

I have guff for 20 down, ie gruff (short) minus r

[Bella28]

Is gaff slang for rubbish

[corylus]

Guff is rubbish

[Bella28]

50/50 or phone a friend

[emmie]

i went with guff, as in rubbish...

[corylus]

Guff is slang or rubbish speech as in 'a load of guff'

[Sipowicz]

Where is the short chap in the guff solution?

[Baldric]

Oxford Concise says GUFF = trivial or worthless