Local Xword

[Bernie]

1a. Dark before Sun comes(8,7) ????r??? Night
1d Six on dice (4) ??c?
9a cries of the bitterness (5) b?n??
Many thanks

[gangesboy]

1 Saturday night

[poorclare]

1d Sice
which local paaper/magazine is this from?

[mallyh]

1d side

[Calibax]

9a is it cries of the bitterns? (booms)

[dannyk13]

Sice | Definition of sice by Merriam-Webster www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sice Define sice: the number six on a die : a throw of six in dice—

[poorclare]

Concise Oxford dictionary (in gambling) the six on a dice.
Syce ~ variant spelling ~

[Bernie]

That of course should have been bittern. Predictive text!!

[poorclare]

Which paper/magazine crossword? looks like an interesting crossword

[Bernie]

The Guardian

[poorclare]

ah Thank you Bernie, its a paper I have never bought, must get today when I am in town.
Have a nice day, weather lovely here today.

[scorpiojo]

http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords

[Captain2]

Jo, I think Bernie will mean her 'local' paper called The (somewhere) Guardian; doesn't she reside in Eire?

Thanks for the link though, I thought you had to pay for all online crosswords - like the DT