rte 26

[bernedette]

26d,apply short sanction to some as bothersome(4)a?b?
16d,iiiinnnngggg,...at a stretch(10) p?o?o???n? is it prolonging???
27a, the conscience of clark kent,(8) I thought would be superman, I have s?p?r??? However if it is ,that makes prolonging wrong.

[sandyRoe]

26d Asbo
Superman?

[sandyRoe]

Sorry Superego?

[factor-fiction]

yes, prolonging

[bernedette]

cant believe didnt see asbo,Yes superego fits nicely ,thank you sandyroe

[bernedette]

You also factor30, only one left ,4d, Murderer most foul first?(4) ?a?e

[sandyRoe]

Cane

[bernedette]

as in Biblical brothers?? If so isnt that spelled Cain?

[tango2008]

4DOWN iI think the answer could be BANE ---This meaning from online directory Bane \Bane\ (b[=a]n), n. [OE. bane destruction, AS. bana
murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana
Is 27down SANE

[bernedette]

bane ,that has put a right spanner in the works,I am not 100% sure about cane ,so maybe you are correct.Yes I also have answered sane to 27d.

[bibblebub]

Might it be DANE since "murder most foul" originally comes from Hamlet?

[bernedette]

just looked up" bane" ,You may well be right,tango2008.Now I am totally confused

[bernedette]

oh no ,not another option,but I see where you are coming from bibblebub have'nt a clue now whether,its cane,bane or dane!

[sandyRoe]

I retract my suggestion, 'Cane'.

[bernedette]

have you any new suggestions ??any opinion on the bane/dane answers?/You may still be correct with cane

[EGTB]

Hope this doesn't put any spanners in the works

I thought of Hare as in Burke and Hare - murderers and grave robbers

Less likely because he wasn't convicted of murder would be;

Sade as in the Marquis de Sade- the ade could then tie in with the word first in the clue to give first ade (aid) or where the term sadism FIRST came from-

[mike11111]

I would go for Cain and cross-check other answers

[caitrionamol]

its defo dane because hamlet was set in denmark. duh!