Everyman 3849

[VivianD]

12d d-r/s/-a---- somewhere in africa challenges everyman to leave meat containing a hint of aniseed - I thought it was dar el salaam but that doesn't fit with Ross sea?
13d large creature and small creature and small creature's whitish says Spooner
-----/w-a-e I thought it was pygmy whale but that makes 15 across impossible
24a styled a la titian for starters -----------e anagram?

[Lie-in King]

12d Dar Es Salaam - 'dares' + 'a(niseed)' (hint of, in) 'salam(i)' (I; E'man leaves)
13d Sperm whale - Spooner's "worm's pale"

24a Clue reads "...Titian etc..."

Italianate - anag 'à la Titian' + 'e(tc)' (for starters)

[elliemay1]

24 Italianate?

[VivianD]

Many thanks! I should have checked the spelling of Dar whatsit, of course!





Many thanks! I should, of course, have checked the spelling of Dar whatsit....