Daily Telegraph Toughie Friday October 26th 2012

[catsrcool]

12dn Coach describes our Olympic team failing to win as 'ruddy habitual characteristic' (4-7) G?O? B?O?S?M = GROG BLOSSOM why?
23ac Champions League pundits, so to speak, selling themselves? (2,3,4) O? T?E ?A?? ON THE TAKE ?
13ac and 6 Down and 2 Down: Line from REM version of Hamlet hits top ten -- this good! (5,2,2,3,9) ????? M? I? ??E ????L?G?T

[mallyh]

23a on the game

[factor-fiction]

If GROG BLOSSOM is right I can see theGB for our team, and maybe LOSS

[factor-fiction]

That's me in the spotlight...

[Tilly2]

13 ac etc. That's me in the spotlight

[factor-fiction]

Groom around loss and GB.
Means ruddy

[catsrcool]

Thanks try these
20dn What shoots dazzlingly out of electricity? (6) ?E?E?R METEOR?
1ac Top man in N5 fears enemy kidnaps (6) ??S?N?
1dn Adjutant-general and I think we should dangle -- they do! (6) ??L?T?

[sandyRoe]

1d Aglets?

[catsrcool]

Thanks 1ac ARSENE so 1dn does start with A so it looks good for AGLETS but I can't parse it

[sandyRoe]

adjutant general...AG+ 'lets' (i think we should). and they're the tips of laces that hang down

[catsrcool]

Thank you

[BigDave44]

20d - Out of electricity is nothing (0) in the METER