Scotland On Sunday Spectrum

[timetrialler]

Stuck on 2 this morning....any help appreciated.

23a. Shapely game on board.(9,5) ?A?A?O?A? C?ESS I guess its chess but whats the other bit?
24a Count lured in a daze. ?E?L?D

[Oldred]

Hexagonal chess ?

[timetrialler]

That could be it! That would make the E in the other answer wrong.

[Baldric]

HEXAGONAL CHESS looks ok
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_chess

[Baldric]

CURLED
C(ount) + anag lured

[timetrialler]

Guess Im totally wrong elswhere!!!!
8d That is old news monarchs passed on.(5,5,4) ?U?E? A?N?S ?E?? I originally had `queen annes lace` but the lace doesnt fit. FEET would fit with `hExagonal`but 24a would then read ?U?L?D

[George40]

Queen Anne's beau ?

[Mamyalynne]

Queen Anne's Dead

[shaneystar2]

queen anne's died .

[Baldric]

24 See 1230 post ^^^^^

[dannyk13]

Queen Anne's legs

[shaneystar2]

or dead ..lol

[scorpiojo]

Queen Anne's dead

[dannyk13]

Ignore my post.

[Mamyalynne]

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/5004/where-does-the-idiom-queen-anne-is-dead-come-from

[George40]

24a. ADD + LED

[timetrialler]

Ive just got back to the post having sat with `Chambers` for a couple of hours and got there under my own steam. Thank you everyone for your kind help!