Help Please

[mojo1955]

9a make short work of stupid compromise, avoiding cops 6 ?E?OIR

thanks in advance

[scorpiojo]

Memoir, compromise minus cops

[Gavmacp]

I have to take my hat off to you Scorpiojo!

[scorpiojo]

Ta Gav ;)

[Gavmacp]

It just makes me laugh at how quickly you and a few others reply to a question. I can spend hours looking at a clue, looking through my thesaurus, using google etc. Then when fed up I will ask a question and sometimes within seconds there is a response.

[scorpiojo]

But I had three letters of a four letter clue Sunday morning and finally got it yesterday afternoon lol

[Gavmacp]

I once had a crossword and couldn't get one answer. A week later I looked at it again before throwing it out and eventually completed it within a shortish period of time. I sometimes wonder how my mind works/doesn't work.