Wee Stinker

[davey b]

Eft advanced & gleyed ?S????T

xxxxx L??

Load here ?O??

Stream engine ??E?T

[dannyk13]

What language is this?

[boxtops]

It's a Scottish crossword, danny :-)

[hc4361]

Load here = Port

[boxtops]

Is the answer to the first one, three words, or is the second line another clue?

[Mamyalynne]

Have seen suggestions that
xxxxx is LOL ( a misreading of lots of love in text speak)

[Neveracrossword]

xxxxx - Lol (LOL/lots of love).

[Wharton]

1 asklent

[Mamyalynne]

Well done

Variation of...


asclent [ə'-]
adv. Asquint, on the slant, on one side, off the road, askew, askance.

[Wharton]

4 Trent (river & engine)

Last clue I need to solve :-

Nephew's daily 6? (7) c??r?e? - the answer to 6 is field

[dannyk13]

Charlea?

[slaney]

Something like Char lee?

[slaney]

.. or Charley

[Canary42]

I suspect xxxxx is LOL, the setter having made the same mistake as David "call me Dave" Cameron did with Rebekah Brooks in thinking it meant lots of love (instead of Laugh Out Loud which is the accepted meaning).

[Wharton]

Thanks danny & slaney.....and praise indeed from Mamy earlier :-)

[slaney]

..as in Charley's Aunt

[Wharton]

slaney - I'd give you Best Answer if it were my post :-)

[slaney]

Thanks :)

[davey b]

Thanks folks for all your help. Can anyone parse ASKLENT?

[Wharton]

ask = newt(eft)
advanced = lent

[davey b]

Thanks Wharton. How is ASK a NEWT?