Scotsman Factfinder Saturday 20 July

[Free-thinker]

Stuck on these any help appreciated
21d coal-hole covers...o?e?????
31a a shellfish such as a whelk b???i
33a a shoot from a tree stool t???e?
Many thanks
Free-thinker

[emeritus]

21d Opercula

[emeritus]

31a Bucci ?

[emeritus]

Bucci in Catalan apparently is Whelk ?

[Free-thinker]

Many thanks Emeritus.
I am not too sure about bucci as there are only5 letters and the clue has6 and is singular.
Free-thinker

[pixie373]

Bicuspid?

[emeritus]

Buccin ?

[emeritus]

http://en.bab.la/dictionary/french-english/buccin ?

[pixie373]

Ignore mine. Is completely wrong!

[Free-thinker]

Bucking could well be correct. Chambers gives Buccinum as the whelk genus of molluscs. Many thanks Emeritus and others for suggestions
Now for no 33a a shoot from a tree stool. t?l?e?
Free-thinker

[Free-thinker]

Apologies for posting Bucking. These tablets sometimes change words. Moral is always check
Free-thinker

[emeritus]

Tiller

[emeritus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiller_(botany)

Sorry meant to put a ?

Chambers gives definition as

A shoot from a tree stump

[Free-thinker]

Thank you very much. I will be interested whether the solution given is tiller, teller or teller,as given in Chambers. That is the question.
Free-thinker

[Ouzel]

31a Buckie - a bit late, sorry.