Dm15132

[MargoTester]

11a bishop gets about by means of railway carrying this book ???v/?a?y
21d drive old soldier back into very ancient city v?g?u? Is it vigour?

[dannyk13]

Breviary
Vigour

[mac44]

b re via ry
yes.

[retrocop]

breviary
vigour

[retrocop]

Old GI reversed V=very and ur is the ancient city... In case you wondered :-) xx

[MargoTester]

Thanks Danny, Mac and Retro. For some reason, best known to myself, I had that (11a) split into 4/4! I'm really struggling with 1down so far I have:-
?n???r?/l?/??l?a

[retrocop]

Andorra La Vella

[mac44]

Andorra La Vella

[retrocop]

Sorry Margo.Did you actually want the answer given or were you just making the comment.? :-(

[dannyk13]

Andora La Vella- anagram of a Land Rover inside AA + ll(students.)

[retrocop]

Do keep up danny or did you just get back from there ensuring we spelt it correctly? :-)

[dannyk13]

Just another senior moment (can't spell)

[MargoTester]

Thanks Retro Mac and Danny once again. I just could not work out the anagram! So I now have 2 left
2d source of walking sticks carried in Oslo everywhere ?l?? Ylem?
9a give up following endless state ?o?m?o (assuming 2d is correct)

[mac44]

sloe, in clue
f orego(n)

[dannyk13]

2d Sloe (letters in clue)
F orego(n)

[retrocop]

The sloe connection to a walking stick is that the fruit comes from the blackthorn and that is what walking sticks are made from I believe. Nice cider as well :-)

[MargoTester]

Doh - I talked myself out of forego and sloe which I had pencilled in! Thank you all for your hard work, you all deserve a BA xx found that really hard going today.

[retrocop]

I think everyone did today Margo. :-)

[dannyk13]

It was harder than the smallest hardest today.

[retrocop]

Yes. No one has asked for help on that one yet.

[retrocop]

Did any one quickly spot the answer to 19a. It took me ages to see revolver (less first and last letters) That was a time taker for me.