Inquisitor 1517

[saladdodger]

2a Lost British force separated in fighting hides (8)

13a False suspicions obscuring knowledge regarding subatomic particle (7)

Down clues are in alphabetical order no word length given so unfortunately no crossers as yet:

Dashed about chasing in one direction (next clue answer starts with T)
Naval squadron's reward after losing conflict (previous answer starts with O)

[hankir]

13a. Anagram the second word without sus which means knowledge.

Have not figured out the other yet.

[hankir]

Could Naval squadron be just Red? Remove war from reward?

I am not familiar with Royal Navy.

[saladdodger]

Thanks for 13a

naval squadron possibly RED. in chambers red has a defn .." former squadron of British fleet" so it does seem ok

I think all the down clues are too long for their spaces ??

[hankir]

yes, salad dodger.It seems that they are too long but may have to be entered in some fashion other that normal with more than one letter in a cell.
Have no idea yet.

All the long across clues (7 and 8 letters) may help in deciding how to enter down clues.

Missing across;

Lost British..
Room clerk..
Get another child..
Put into groups....

Will wait to solve smaller length answers.

[saladdodger]

get another child ... may be readopt?

down clues don't need to be shortened ... they don't necessarily fit where you think... e.g. "prod in butt" answer goes at top of column 1 i think

[hankir]

Readopt sounds right.
I did put Prod at 1d.
I don't think answers overlap. Otherwise strained leash can go at the bottom of 1d.
In Bony projection does bony become boy and is hidden in balanced?

I did get Bolt from...,I think.

[saladdodger]

i think ala is the bony projection

[saladdodger]

Help with the bolt one please... and the next 2 if you have them?

[saladdodger]

typical .. i have the bolt one now!

[hankir]

It took me a long time to see how to treat "interview".
I do not have the next two.
Maroon is strand.
"and" may be removed/lost.
Stray? But poor parsing.

In the sixth column I have ??PO??. No word has emerged in down clue yet.
Also second column starts with REE.
Free Choice or Stop uprising has to start with REE.

[saladdodger]

maroon... can't be stray ...alphabetical order ?

[saladdodger]

9a wise men may be s(w)ages?

[hankir]

Good job on sages.
You are right on maroon.

The answer for plots goes where G for sages is.

Is answer for Free Choice hidden? I doubt if Reech could mean Ring.

[saladdodger]

The answer for plots goes where G for sages is... yep got that one in already thanks

Back later ... some TV for me now!
I expect you will have finished when i look in again!

[saladdodger]

possibly just ree? ( a walled yard for holding sheep) ??

[hankir]

Still the parsing is ify for Ree.

Also Column 8 at bottom the only answer possible is Nail.
Expose as false could be Nail?

False magician has letters of "again". When removed gives MIC. Not much help.

[hankir]

Maroon... is somehow anagram of Maroon and "and" and makes Roadman going in the second last column.
Parsing iffy.

[Davemano]

2a Does VanIshed make sense (anagram of Hides)

[hankir]

How about Ceol mor for Piped music?
Anagram of Room + CLE?

I have ??D?O??? where vanished could go.

[hankir]

For second across:
Lost British force separated from fighting hides.
Lost British Force is the def.
Hides has a 5 letter synonym with C.
I don't know how you get the first three letters from Separated in fighting.