Today's Times

[mra1]

stuck on 14 across American cigarette with prime tar rating A?U?E and 29 across scowling schoolboy ?E?T?E - can anyone put me out of my misery please!

[vakayu]

abuse

[mra1]

Thank you for that Vakayu

[Lie-in King]

14a Abuse (rating, having a go at someone) - 'AB' (prime tar; sailor) + 'US' +(cigarett)e' (if clue reads "...cigarette end...?)

[vakayu]

You're welcome,parse as Lion-king said.

[mra1]

Thank you for the explanation Lie-in-King - have you any ideas about 29 across?

[Lie-in King]

29a Beetle - scowling (as beetle-browed) & the character from "Stalky & Co" -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalky_%26_Co

[mazie]

Beetle

[elliemay1]

testee??

[elliemay1]

^forget that!

[mra1]

Thank you once again Lie-in-King - I have never read that book - while I have heard the expression Beetle-browed I never knew its provenance!

[Lie-in King]

Happy to help :-)

The origin of "beetle-browed" is better explained here -

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/60100.html