Radio Times Prize Crossword 23

[ZebuSanctuary]

Help required with reconciling the answer to the clue please. Clue No.1: 'It's no secret; let's long breath out' Answer: 'Overt'. Clue No.2 'Stand a round of medicine' Answer: 'Treat' Many Thanks in Advance!

[1ozzy]

2: a double definition

[donny48]

2 stand a round is to treat , medicine is also to treat

[bobbinwales]

Am still puzzling over no 1
The clue is normally slightly different ...."It's no secret; lets a long breath out".. and several sites suggest OVERT but I cant see why yet. I'm looking at anagrams but no success.
Is that definitely the answer??

[bobbinwales]

Meant to type usual clue as "It's no secret: lets a long breath out"

[bobbinwales]

can overtone mean a long breath?
Then leave ONE (a) out?
so OVERT(one)

[geevo41]

lets - over(sigh)t?


It's no secret - overt

Lets long breath out - over(sigh)t?

[bobbinwales]

yours is better but still dont seem quite to me... even if the clue says LET not LETS is 'let' really an oversight???

[ZebuSanctuary]

bobbin and geev, let me thank you both for your input. Your suggestions are very plausible. Firstly geev; Taking a printers proof to 'Let it stand' (stet) is to include something in the script that was previously cancelled - This could easily be interpreted as an 'Oversight' as you had mentioned. Secondly bobbins, I admit that it was an oversight on my part to miss out the letter 'a' when typing out Clue No.1 - Apologies. However with the inclusion of 'a' makes your hypothesis very possible too, On the proviso that Overtone is a synonym for Long Breath. Thanks again guys!

[bobbinwales]

I prefer geevos- my overt(one) don't really work as the A (ONE) is in the wrong place as its not next to the word 'out'
Anyway is it defintely OVERT? Danword can be wrong.