Clootie Crossword

[creamegg]

40d reduced safeguard
s?i?l - (scottish place or loch)

60d horse close to fence
m?r?e (scottish place or loch)

27d bird swooped in america beneath stone 7,4
diamond ?o??

53a content to lob a keeper in return game
p???a?o

[klazomaniac]

60 Loch Maree
Mare + (fenc)E

[klazomaniac]

27 Diamond Dove
Dove = swooped (behind) Diamond (stone)

[klazomaniac]

Peekabo (game)
content to l(ob a keep)er in return game

[klazomaniac]

Loch Shiel

Shiel(d)

[klazomaniac]

swooped in america (Dove)

Both are completely correct. The primary difference is preference by location. "Dove" prevails in North America and "dived" is preferred everywhere else.

[creamegg]

thanks x