Radio Times Prize Crossword 44

[Ancient]

Hello again all you helpful people! Not doing too well this week (see below)

7a: Keeping relative? That's stupid (5); 9a: BBC programme starting five minutes ahead of Italian (4,2); 11a: Stacks fruit for carriage (8); 15a: Boy kept £25 for place name (7); 18a: Passing with complete final document? (5,7) 2d: Award for king, one worn in bed? (10); 4d: Robber's disguise when on the run? (8,4); 14d: Cynical spin, nearly took risks (9).

All help much appreciated xx

[Davemano]

2 K Nightood

[scorpiojo]

18 Death warrant

[scorpiojo]

14 Jaundiced

[scorpiojo]

15 To pony m

[scorpiojo]

7 i Nan e

[Jackdaw33]

15 Toponym

[Jackdaw33]

11 Rickshaw

[Mamyalynne]

9 F Log it

[Mamyalynne]

4 Stocking mask

[scorpiojo]

4 Stocking mask

[Jackdaw33]

Don't get the wordplay for 4d

[Mamyalynne]

More or less an 'and lit' clue - guess a stocking could get a run but otherwise just self explanatory.


Poor clue really.

[Jackdaw33]

I agree with that. There is no wordplay.

[SirOracle]

Didn't ladies' silk stockings always seem to get ladders ( runs) in the old days. I think they put nail varnish on them to try to stop them.

[Mamyalynne]

You are very wise.

[Jackdaw33]

Still not a satisfactory clue in my book. I get the definition and the connection with run but there is still no word play to lead us to the answer.

[Mamyalynne]

No, I'll stick with 'and lit'

[SirOracle]

Maybe Mamya,but certainly old.

[Jackdaw33]

The lightbulb has just come on. Stocking masks were the forerunner of ski masks, worn on the (ski) run. Should have put a shilling in the meter earlier!

[Ancient]

Thank you all so much - you've made my day an awful lot better xx