mephisto 2483

[Mampara]

4acr the new penetrating oil plants (8) t**p**h*

9ac Spoiling a good deal, perhaps ,university is deploring reforms (12) **gn***r***s

8dn Times abandoned, most tough 'un ? Try Jumbo (9)
*u****ous

13dn Money boxes some held up fot cup-holders (9) 2 words

[kayakamina]

9a Ligniperdous - Spoiling wood (deal!)

* is deploring +u (Varsity)

[kayakamina]

8d Humungous- Jumbo...Remove T(times) from most tough and * mos+ ough +'un

[kayakamina]

Do those answers give you any more letters for the others?

[The Builder]

4ac Turpeths......................new "the" in turps

[Mampara]

Thank youany thoughs on 13d?

[The Builder]

................don't understand how (9) can be two words? :o)

[Mampara]

Thanks builder. With these advanced puzzles the setter does not give the individual letter count for a clue of more than one word. The only indication is that this particular clue is a total of 9 letters made up of two words, but that could be anything from 1,8 through to 5.4.!!

[kayakamina]

13d Tray Trips

[kayakamina]

Sorry typo Traps not trips

[SpiderPig]

I think 8d is HumOngous not HumUngous

[midazolam]

ah thank you spiderpig that was my mistake as well and so i could not get 14 across

now it all makes sense and i have got it

[SpiderPig]

You're welcome midazolam. Thanks also to kayakamina, I came on the site looking for 13d !

[beermagnet]

13D ...
Hold on there, not so hasty ...
Those of a sensitive disposition should look away [I'm still sensitive after being unceremoniously censored here for suggesting that I might occasionally get a bit "pi**ed" - that's "pie-eyed" for any shrinking violets looking in].
Anyway, for 13D you need a slightly more lascivious view of what "cup holders" are.
"Some" is PART backwards all right but money is BRASS - so put one in the other ("Oh Missus") and you get BRA-STRAPS.

[SpiderPig]

D'oh ! Too late - its in the post !