Old Times Crossword

[Catcarer]

Female in hat stripped (6) _ E _ E _ T

Spit in bar in Germany (6) R _ N _ E _

Defeated a northern European, breaking record (5) C _ N _ D

Hope the letters and spaces are correct, but nothing is certain....

Thanks for any help!!

[scotman]

bereft
-
caned

[slaney]

Bere(f)t
C(ane)d

[plautus]

1 Bereft
3 Caned

[plautus]

2 Ringer

[tommy-h]

last one caned,are you sure about the other letters

[tommy-h]

oh Isee it now beret

[factor-fiction]

I can see that RINGER is consecutive letters in the clue- is a ringer also a spit?

[scotman]

ringer = copy = (dead) spit

[factor-fiction]

Ah, thanks scotman - too subtle for me at this time of day

[Catcarer]

Brilliant answers! - Should have seen the Germany clue and the hat one really. Actually had CANED down, but didn't see why..............oh well, at least I have now finished it all. Thanks again!

[ichkeria]

RINGER is obviously the answer but SPIT and RINGER aren't the same thing, in my book. You can be the "spit of" or a "dead ringer for" but they don't mean the same thing on their own