Saga July

[Horeston]

1 across
10 letters
"Uproar in port - sailor takes brief glance"

[marray]

Hullabaloo ( Hull takes Able Seaman then "a" then brief glance = loo (k) ... any luck with 11dn by chance ?

[ianmunt]

Struggling! I have ?C???A?S, ?A?E
Also 7d P?O?U???U?

[marray]

7dn is Proculeius - one of Ceasar's soldiers (anag of pious+cruel). Any luck with 20 acr ? I guess the middle word is "the" but can't find a phrase meaning "improved" ... or is it ?

[ianmunt]

Thanks,20a Over the worst,How about 17a ??E?O ?

[Horeston]

Thanks to all-sorry marray haven't got 11d yet!!

[marray]

thanks ianmunt - 17 acr is only 5 letters ! ??E?A

[ianmunt]

Sorry should have read ??E?O.The O comes from 8d Match boxes assuming thats correct

[marray]

I got matchmaker for 8 dn thinking "organiser" was "maker" but I'm not sure now - we could with "Special k" (kayakamina) who I still believe compiles all these tricky ones from a penthouse somewhere in Barbados !

[Pentalpha8]

11d Scholar s mate ....chess move
17a Omega a << gem (stone) O <<<<(last in a series)
I have matchmaker .
Can anyone please help me on 24a
In Hamlet ,possibly wicked trader cutting margins .
I have E?L?

[ianmunt]

I'd go along with matchmaker(since that fits in with union - marriage)which means 17a likely to be omega,still leaves an unsolved 11d.
Must get on,will see if it comes to me overnight !!

[ianmunt]

Think 24a could be Ells

[Pentalpha8]

Thanks ianmunt

It's Eale ..found it in Chambers .
From Hamlet a word for evil
Cutting (d)eale(r ) or trader .
have given you your 11a. Good luck

[ianmunt]

Last go tonight!! 11d Scholars mate>I quote "scholar's mate is the checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#.

[ianmunt]

Sorry Failed to take in your answer Pentalpha8

[marray]

thanks Pentalpha8 , I'd never have got that chess answer, I'm just stuck with 10acr to finish (?O?T) is it "Dolt"

[Devonian]

Might be BOUT = the b from the head of blockhead and Out from old fashioned, but I don't know where the square comes in.

[bookbinder]

10 Across: very likely to be bout, and the "sort of square" hint could refer to the last 3 letters, "out", because "square" used to refer to someone who wasn't up-to-date, not hip, not streetwise, and not "in". "My dad's a bit of a square, because he doesn't like my taste in music." So, if you're a "square", you're not one of the "in-crowd". In fact, you're "out".

[comeragh]

Just returned from holiday and seen the correspondence re 10a Saga (4) Blockhead is old-fashioned and sort of square.
?L?T. The answer to my mind is 'DOLT' - an anagram of old (fashioned) and T - a type of square. Maybe this has been dealt with earlier but as I was away am not sure. I think the Saga is my favourite crossword and was lucky enough to win once. The FT is another good one. Cheers.