London A-Z

[Proximus]

I went off like a house on fire but have been stuck on these for ages, any help would be much appreciated.

15 Young horse without race gets eight, we're told, at sporty opening (5,4)
17 But doctor thrashed the designer (5,5)
32 Man of letters, a bright person, revealed stories of bravery (8,4)
57 Ask about Norm, the triskaidekaphobe's cat, at the 'vegetable hotel' (6)
77 Butler's mixed salad - due in Embankment Gardens - is memorable (8)
87 18 + 34 + 7 + 13 = RA (7)

All answers are related to London

[Flonska]

87 = Ar Se N Al (Elements in Periodic Table)

[Calibax]

15 Grace Gate (Lord's Cricket Ground)
GG (horse) around race + ate (eight)

[Calibax]

77 Daedalus (Fleet Air Arm Memorial)

[Flonska]

57 'vegetable' hotel in London is The Savoy - hope this is helpful?

[mallyh]

17 thrashed is an anagram of the shard designed by Renzo piano

[mallyh]

32 postmans park....a memorial to heroic self sacrifice

[mallyh]

the bright person bit is because the memorial is called watts memorial and he was an inventor

[JJ109]

@ mally
Postman (bright) spark

[Toorak]

I thought it referred to spark - postman (man of letters) + spark ( bright person)

[mallyh]

yes you are right I got a bit carried away with the parsing xx

[Toorak]

But the watt link was an interesting one nevertheless

[mallyh]

nice of you to say ,makes me feel less stupid lol xx