ROL october 2010

[kook]

6a sailing boat for second mate ?r??,
8d some disembarking from boat ??k,
22a Bill about to have port ???e,
23d in company plays inharmonious song ??l?p?o could this be calypso if so how?
15a Stick leading character in the way R?A?, and
surprised expression when commander receives oscar could this be Coo? I have C?O but ho does that work out?? as you can see I am a novice cryptic crossword doer thanks for the help and if you could tell me how you arrive at the answers it might help me next time.

[gen2]

8d ARK (in clue)
22a Ac + Re = ACRE?

[gen2]

23d Calypso
anagram of plays in Co.

[bibblebub]

6a proa
8d ark

22a Acre
23d yes, calypso = co(company) contains anagram of 'plays'
15d road

commander = C.O., oscar = O (in the phonetic alphabet) and put that in the middle of the CO

[gen2]

15a A in ROD = ROAD

[quinie]

23 yes calypso c-alyps( anagram of plays(-o

[cupid04]

8d]ark

[bibblebub]

and 6a for = PRO, second mate = A (2nd letter of the word) => PROA (sailing boat)

[kook]

Wow everyone thank you so much, I shall save these so I can work out how to do again, I had done most of it but was stuck all day on these , thank you all - Its so much nicer when I can see how it works out. Night all K