Spectator 2537

[johnpiper]

13 D Dance like a sponge, or like another invertebrate (12)
41A Supports posh girl almost being enthralled by unlikely types? (10)
27A Experimental style i practise (9)
43A School mums in a spin after programme (12)
23A Wont it 14 maverick (9 hyphened) i think 14A is Mar
Your help would be appreciated before i go completely mental

[cashier]

27 Peirastic

[johnpiper]

thanks
i looked for anagrams but a) that wasnt in my vocabulary and b) didnt come up on the search engine wordfinder

[cashier]

It's not in my vocabulary either John, I got it from an anagram solver site.

[roslyn251254]

Chambers word wizard good for anagrams..
41a undergirds
u= posh
gir(l) girl almost
nerds - unlikely types
D is the missing letter

[roslyn251254]

23a anagram wont it mar .....chambers w w

[roslyn251254]

13d starts disco...defn like an invertebrate..an H is mssing

[bobbinwales]

43a seem's like an anagram (in a spin) but I cant see what it can be

[roslyn251254]

43a starts prog then anagram of mumsina with Y missing from wordplay...defn school

[bobbinwales]

Thanks .... did'nt realise theres special instructions about adding a letter

[johnpiper]

With grateful thanks….
26a town regularly found in fertile spot by earth at the seaside (9)

17a Sacred text , a Latin one translated (5)
I??l?

[roslyn251254]

17a itala reversed in the clue

[Neveracrossword]

26 Coastwise, at the seaside.

[roslyn251254]

26a 1st letter C is missing from the wordplay..
TW ...ToWn regularly
inside oasis + E on the end

[johnpiper]

Wow thank you…..this is molto tough!!!

[johnpiper]

What about my maverick clue 23a see first post!

[Neveracrossword]

23 Taint-worm, anagramming involved.

[johnpiper]

Thanks
Cant say thats a familiar word either!
So is 20d estray?

[Neveracrossword]

Johnpiper, thanks. Yes to 20 D.

[johnpiper]

My struggle continues

34A Gross like Charlies home (6) ???THY
Would this be earthy and if so how is that parsed.
That would probably make unclued 30d bad egg?

[Neveracrossword]

Johnpiper, yes - Earthy, gross. An earth is a burrow, hole in the ground in which a fox (for which Charlie is another word) lives, so Earth-y.