Sunday Mail £100 Crossword

[No-Puffin]

33(d) Be co-operative, collaborate (4,4) ?l?y ?a??
47(d) Extremely occupied (4,2,1,3) b??? a? ? ???
51(a) Dredge (8) ??r?n???
70(a) Financial matters (7) ??????y

Any help gratefully received.

[JoolsTwo]

47d Busy as a bee

[boxtops]

33 play fair

[factor-fiction]

play fair? (not a great clue/answer)

[Bummle]

33d play fair?

[emeritus]

33d Play Ball

[JoolsTwo]

33d Play Ball

[factor-fiction]

economy? (again not a great clue/answer)

[emeritus]

70a Monetary ?

[emeritus]

Sorry ignore that

[factor-fiction]

Play ball seems better than play fair.
Monetary sounds good but has 8 letters

[factor-fiction]

Sorry emeritus, ignore that!

[Bummle]

51a sprinkle?

[factor-fiction]

long shot- BIRDNEST- the verb to BIRDNEST means to gather

[No-Puffin]

Thanks all - Play Ball - fitted with other clues and it was "sprinkle" for dredge. Somehow I could not get a dredger on the Clyde out of my mind so forget about sugar dredger! Financial matters fitted in with "economy" . Thanks again

[factor-fiction]

I'll have to look up the meanings of Sprinkle and Dredge- I have never thought of them as possible synonyms for each other.

[Bummle]

have you never used a flour dredger or sugar dredger, factor 30?