Azed 2443

[JF85]

Never tried a Printer's Devilry before, but with lots of help I am now left with two unchecked letters. Without explaining the full task, can someone who has completed it help with:

21d I have oi?ing. Oiling seems the only possibility but I can't jemmy it in.
29a I have ?eno, and absolutely no guesses.

[ProfessorMaisie]

tOIL IN Gravel pits.
just stoLEN Out

[Mamyalynne]

21 Wretches collecting rock fragments travel pits (6)


29 Never having said goodbye, he’s just stout (4)

[Mamyalynne]

Too late but those were to help others without the puzzle.

[ProfessorMaisie]

You picked a tough one to start with - I think this is at the trickier end of Azed's '...Devilry'.

[JF85]

Many thanks to both.

I have only been doing the Azed for about four months but got a prize a few weeks ago. Been doing Everyman for about thirty years and got nothing back. I think that reflects the comparable difficulty.

Thoroughly enjoyed this one, despite abject failure. Don't have a fax so it's too late to enter anyway, but I didn't want those last two to spoil tomorrow's.

Thanks again,

J