Local Crossword

[Maxymax464]

A rival can not admit being investigated (10) This answer would open up the whole crossword for me! Thanks

[emmie]

contestant ???

[bhg481]

contestant = anag of can not with "test" inside, so I think emmie has it.

[Maxymax464]

Thanks emmie. Looks good - I am just trying to work it out. Presumably "can't" is around "on test" Does that work do you think?

[emmie]

hope so...

[Maxymax464]

Yes thanks bhg481 as well as emmie I reckon that is it. However that gives me another problem with a different clue! This clue is "modish youth will accept one so decorated" (6)

[scorpiojo]

What letters do you have?

[emmie]

trendy ???

[Maxymax464]

I thought the answer was inlaid but I now think the 5th letter is "A" as a result of contestant!

[sedge47]

In la i d

[emmie]

so maybe not contestant -

[Maxymax464]

No I think both contestant and inlaid are right but if they are this mucks up my other clue. "winger putting money into bag"(6) I now have -i-n-t. I thought the answer was gannet but it can't be if inlaid is right!

[bhg481]

That clue was answered the other day as "fiscal".

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1744420.html

[Maxymax464]

No I am certain it ends in T.

[emmie]

where do you get the t from.... as fiscal a type of bird was put on other c/w

[Tilly2]

Linnet?

[emmie]

could be tilly

[Maxymax464]

"Having eaten try making an appeal"(8) The answer must be entreaty which is an anagram of eaten try. That is where the T comes from!

[emmie]

that seems ok

[Tilly2]

L= pound
in net.
Linnet!

[sedge47]

L (pound, money) IN NET (bag, catch) ?