Daily Telegraph Cryptic 343 Monday May 18Th 2015

[Dickiedot]

14a State of affairs in stadium (8) b???????
4d Just the ointment for chaps (8) ?i?s???e

[Mamyalynne]

4 Lipsalve

[mallyh]

4d lipsalve?

[mallyh]

14a ballpark

[dannyk13]

14a.Ballpark
4d.Lipsalve

[Dickiedot]

thanks everyone, 1d Pirate going round with black companion (8) ?a?d?o??

[dannyk13]

Handbook

[dannyk13]

HI, Dickie, after another win? :-)

[Dickiedot]

Always after the prizes Danny lol

[dannyk13]

Me too but unsuccessfully.When this comp started there were few members and in the first three months I won three weekly and two monthly prizes.

[Dickiedot]

I'm not doing well with this puzzle 13d Screen villain, red-headed, imprisoning elderly female (10) g9 5d Decompress? if it is it's a rotten clue grrrrr23a School mugs up on foreign author's best work magnum opus ?

[dannyk13]

13d.Goldfinger
5d.Yes
23a.Yes

[Dickiedot]

19d More work? utopia?
24d Second wager (4) ??c?25a Go over about fuel (6) ?e?e?t

[dannyk13]

19d.Yes
24d.Back
25a.Repeat

[mallyh]

25 repeat

[Dickiedot]

go on, put me out of my misery 24a Shed tears over an onion, perhaps (4) Ball?
did I not like this crossword

[dannyk13]

Bulb (blub) reversed

[Dickiedot]

Thanks Danny

;-0

[dannyk13]

Good luck with it Dickie.