Daily Mail Cryptic 14849 Wednesday September 24Th 2014

[bob561941]

8d Has beans ?
18d Sailors use it to secure free running shore bird ?e?f????
29a Theey cast fir cones ?o??????
30aCoach lets us wrestle ??s???

TA

[dannyk13]

8d.Has beens (sounds like Has beans)
18d.Reef knot-(anagram of free + knot(shore bird)
29a.Conifers(anagram of fir cones)
20a.Tussle(anagram of let us)

[emeritus]

18 Reefknot

[MargoTester]

Yes
Reef knot
Conifers
Tussle

[dannyk13]

Margo, 8d is has beens (famous peoplel no longer)

[MargoTester]

Yes that's what I had danny, was in such a rush i didn't notice that Bob had put beAns ( you know why don't you)

[scorpiojo]

Go on, tell us Margo.... ;o)

[dannyk13]

Give us a clue.

[MargoTester]

Seeing if I could get in before Danny (fat chance) bless his cotton socks

[mazie]

I know, I know :o)

[dannyk13]

once in a day is enough Margo.:-)

[scorpiojo]

Ah, I was thinking you never bought the commode ;-)

[MargoTester]

I'm greedy Danny. Scorpiojo - I bought a cork instead!

[scorpiojo]

Noooo...too much information ;o)