Mon D Mail No. 14,732

[bryand]

5d) Head of revenue scrapped cuts (4)
16a) Do idle cobblers earn pennies? (6) ???D?E
13d) Tawny owl nervous about awfully bright neon primary (5,5) no letters
25a) Aim left in store at close range (5,5) ?O??? ????K
29a) One can these days send in off-beat knowledge (12) ???U?I??????
is 21 across euphoria? All help greatly appreciated

[retrocop]

axes
piddle
light brown
point blank
yes

[retrocop]

29a acquaintance

[retrocop]

16A apparently the correct answer is diddle bryand.

[bryand]

Best thanks retrocop for your rapid and helpful answers. Noted your advice about 16 across

[retrocop]

Thanks bryand.That advice came from mac44 on another post although I am pretty certain that piddle can mean to be idle or trite?

[retrocop]

the reasoning,which is sound,is dd=pennies within idle

[bryand]

Thanks again, see you on Quizzes & Puzzles