Houses Built In The Gaps Between Existing Ones

[eugenepious]

Houses built in the gaps between existing ones

[scorpiojo]

Infills? How many letters?

[fuzzy-brain]

Insula

[eugenepious]

6

[Lie-in King]

Scorpy has it - Chambers has -

infill (infill housing) new houses, buildings, etc built in the gaps between existing ones

[fuzzy-brain]

Crossword is from Irish Mail On Sunday. Clue is 6d.
1st letter is I, 3rd is S & 5th is L.
Insula seems to fit.
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Insula_(…

[Captain2]

Where does the 'S' come from, fuzzy?

[ducksie]

Captain, the S is from 10ac incompetent, inept
Shady

[Captain2]

Thanks ducksie. Must admit, as an ex QS of 35 years, I've never heard of 'insula' being used; it's always been 'infill'.
Still, live and learn. :))

[ducksie]

I know, it mad Captain

[Toorak]

Could 10a be flaky rather than shady? That would provide the f for infill

[Lie-in King]

You beat me, Toorak :-)

[ducksie]

It could indeed Toorak, well spotted, 12ac is holdall so the L would fit too

[Toorak]

Sorry L-IK :-)

[ducksie]

L-i-K your answer wasn't there when I was patting toorak on the back :)

[fuzzy-brain]

Flaky, Shady, Insula, Infill will all fit. It all boils down to what the crossword setter is looking for, I suppose.