Chic (Grid 2)

[poorclare]

16d To bribe (6) ?g?a?e

Thanking you

[Mamyalynne]

Grease ?

[poorclare]

Thank you sadly that does not fit, I may be wrong with
11a Interpretation ~ I have relinguished
giving you the letters leaving out the G ?e?i???i?hed

[Mamyalynne]

strange
Interpretation doesn't mean Relinquished

[Captain2]

How sure are you of the 'HED' at the end Clare? Can't really see that as an ending to fit the clue.

[poorclare]

Sorry I should have said 17a Given up

Have been working on too many crosswords today.

Thank you for your help I am now going a have a cuppa
and go to bed

Keep safe

Clare

[Mamyalynne]

Decipherment?

[Mamyalynne]

ah

[Mamyalynne]

16 Square then.

[fiction-factory]

relinquished then (no word relinguished)
That would give SQUARE possibly- if you have put the wrong clue again

[fiction-factory]

Crossed posts- I assume square can mean bribe then although I can't recall that

[Captain2]

Square - old definition of bribe

[Mamyalynne]

It can,yes.

[poorclare]

Thank you my friends, it was my bad writing, the letter G was
indeed Q, (working on photocopy of grid)
Have been toooo long on all these crosswords today.

Thank you and Goodnight all.
Keep safe

Clare

[Captain2]

Goodnight to you too Clare.

[Mamyalynne]

Night Clare x

[fiction-factory]

Night clare- although I thought it was tony- am I misremembering?

[poorclare]

When I first joined the site many years ago, I was PoorTony
(Tony being short for one of my forenames) something went
wrong (computer crash ) so i came back with Poorclare, the
Poor in memory of a loving friend and Clare another of my
forenames (Mum/Dad just could not make up their minds in
1945 lol )
Hope you have a nice evening