Rte 38

[scooke]

9a isnt civil servant at its best when served like that(4,1 5)??t?,a,?m?l?
11a youll get the gist of it, however corny it may be(6)??r?e?
18a rise to a standard,even if only good enough to pass(4,2,2,7)?o??,??,??,???a?c?

[bookbinder]

9a with a smile

[Toorak]

9 with a smile

[elliemay1]

9 with a smile

[Toorak]

18 come up to scratch

[Mamyalynne]

11 Barley

[mallyh]

11a gather ?

[snaro]

Kernel?

[Mamyalynne]

I misread 11 as 'grist' which along with 'corny' took me to Barley - sorry.

[snaro]

Yep I had advantage of the k

[snaro]

One left at last but eludes me.25 ac. ?a?a?a cuando ? Cuando? Cuando?.I know it's when but??.

[Mamyalynne]

Quando Quando ??

[snaro]

Spelt cuando cuando in xword could I chance manana (maybe tomorrow?)

[Mamyalynne]

Cuando must be right then.

[snaro]

Tanx for your help .

[snaro]

Just to revisit with an apology should have given full clue which reads tell me cuando cuando cuando so the Spanish say when ....ish.sorry again I think manana is prob right.

[Mamyalynne]

Agree, good luck.

[snaro]

Tanx again.