Ft Christmas Crossword

[HenHen]

37ac- the main fact about ecstasy (5) - G???T
49ac- housework remains on the nettle tree (4,3) - ??O? A?H - hoop ash ? why?
23d- for king with glove on (3,6) - T?M ???T?N - tom kitten?
46d - top cyclist on motorbike (7) - ???R?E?

Some may be the dogs or cats theme in this crossword
TIA and Merry Christmas to one and all!!
HH

[dannyk13]

49a.Iron Ash

[mac44]

Hoop ash is another name for nettle tree, house HO, work OP, ASH remains.

[dannyk13]

Thanks Mac.

[Toorak]

46 charley

[Toorak]

23 yes

To (for) mitten (glove) with k (ing) inside

[HenHen]

Thanks all. Just left with 37ac now and have an extra letter- it's now G?I?T. I can get glint, guilt and grift but can't parse any of them, also grist but that was the answer to 39ac. Suggestions?
Thanks, HH

[Lie-in King]

37a Geist - https://tinyurl.com/yd4khwls

^That's the best I could come up with, sorry

[dannyk13]

I can see Geist - e(ecstasy) inside gist(main point) but that's all.

[dannyk13]

More references to Geist here-
https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1366&bih=637&;ei=HN1AWpTkE-negAbdu7KIDQ&q=holy+spirit+at+geist&oq=geist&;gs_l=psy-ab.1.3.0i7i30k1l5j0i67k1j0i7i30k1j0i7i10

[Mamyalynne]

Needs to be a dog for the theme.

[dannyk13]

L-i k's reference is about a dog.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes it is.

[seanod16]

Brewer has GEIST as Matthew Arnold's daschund (dogs from history, literature and fiction)

[Lie-in King]

seanod16 - thank you! Much better & in keeping with the rest of the puzzle. I really wasn't happy with my link but frankly got bored & stopped looking.

[Mamyalynne]

Thanks seanod, must invest in a Brewers.

[seanod16]

going to buy one for next year new 20th edition on way ! found a free online version eventually

[Mamyalynne]

Super, well done.

[HenHen]

Thanks all for help on geist. Looks right to me, so finished this crossword at last. Saw reference to brewer in the heading of the crossword, also in Seanod's response. I hadn't heard of it and couldn't find it. Can someone please reply with a link to the online version?
Many thanks
HH

[Mamyalynne]

Found this but I'll buy a copy, handy for quizzing.

https://archive.org/stream/brewersdictionar000544mbp/brewersdictionar000544mbp_djvu.txt

[HenHen]

Thanks ML. Very interesting. I've never seen anything quite like this before. There's a link to different formats in your link including PDF so I've been able to download it now. Useful if it's out of print.