Guardian Prize

[foxspur]

Last two. 18ac Supplements men on strike (6,3) I have P?E?E? OUT
24dn Uncertain at end of speech (4) I have ?A?R
Thanks in anticipation.

[dannyk13]

18a.Pieces out?

[dannyk13]

24d,Seen as hazy

[foxspur]

Thanks, dannyk. I think you are right. It was the only word that came close, but it was not a phrase I am familiar with. Out is on strike, and to piece is to enlarge (Chambers), but I can't find "pieces out" in the dictionary.

[chelle7272]

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/piece+out

piece something out .
1. Lit. to add patches or pieces to something to make it complete. There is not quite enough cloth to make a shirt, but I think I can piece it out with some scraps of a complementary color for the collar. We managed to piece out the material that we needed.
2. Fig. to add missing parts to a story, explanation, or narrative to make it make sense. Before she passed out, she muttered a few things and we were able to piece the whole story out from that. We pieced out the story from the few bits we heard from her.

[scorpiojo]

Pieces = chess men

[foxspur]

Thanks, chelle7272 and dannyk (again!). I had spelt 36 across wrongly, hence R in place of Y.

[foxspur]

Thanks, scorpiojo - the last piece in the jigsaw. I can rest content!