Ev 1362

[saladdodger]

Across clues contain an extra word..
There are 7 clashes in 7 cells so crossing letters may not be correct for the clue...

3d Speaking together of old queen beset by smut locally (8) COI?????
14d First East London Man leaves W indian okra dish containing innards of gharial and a deer (8)

5a Hedge new game between finalists with no hint of promotion (6, 2 words) LA? / O?? ...looks like LAY OFF (= hedge) but can't parse ...FF could be the finalists??
29a Patrons like poker work as it used to be in nameless Shetland island (5) I??S?
Unst for the shetland isle ?

[cashier]

5 Play off without the p

[Neveracrossword]

3 Collogue
5 Lay Off - from Play Off, game between finalists.
29 Inust, it's in Chambers,

[ProfessorMaisie]

3 CO(l)LOGUE 14 CARIA(c)OU

[Neveracrossword]

14 Cariacou - the parsing is rather lengthy!

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/inust

[ProfessorMaisie]

... COU-cou is the dish, centre of gh(ARI)al + A

[ProfessorMaisie]

... the missing 'ou' is the man from Africa

[Neveracrossword]

PM, Thanks - I'm glad I skipped it!

[ProfessorMaisie]

COLLOQUE (sorry)

[saladdodger]

Thank you all ... a great help!

[ProfessorMaisie]

If I'd known I'd need two bites at it I'd have done the same neveracrossword (and I still missed a capital C!).

[vetuste_ennemi]

EV a day early? It ain't last week's, is it?


Still struggling with this week's easy (cluewise) Listener. Full grid. Got the theme. Can't do the deciphering bit.

Does a bottle of Bacardi help?

Yes.

And no.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks for adding Colloque, PM - I'd misread my own handwriting!
VE - EV is always a Sunday!

[ProfessorMaisie]

3dn is COLLOQUEY saladdodger

[ProfessorMaisie]

I'm having the same problem neveracrossword - COLLY is the 'smut' around O/QUE (i think).

[ProfessorMaisie]

vetuste-ennemi - the Bacardi might affect your ability to count the letters in the text - it's an interesting sum for a 13x13 grid.

[ProfessorMaisie]

...and I'm still having problems with 3dn!!!!!
COLLOQUY (COLLY around O[ld] QU[een]).
And that's my last word on it.
But mind what letters you choose for the endghame saladdodger.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, PM, you got there in the end - and I've fixed my error. I assume 'colly' is the word referred to in the preamble, being in the OED.

[ProfessorMaisie]

I've started celebrating a bit early neveracrossword.
Colly is in Chambers, I'm wondering about the ODE entry myself (thought it might be another meaning for 'razz' because that gives 'jeer' not 'cheer' in Chambers).

[pomona]

Stuck on
15a Residential classification: ten baths in a new complex (5) I have ACORN but can't parse it
17a Dukes' home , revolutionary had not lost Bronx cheer (4) ?A??
26a which word is extra?