Today's Daily Telegraph cryptic 22d

[Cleocima]

Hairy model enthralling the Spanish (6)
- I - O - E

Also in the same paper's 'quick' one. 5a
African country (5)
S - I - A

[Quizmonkey]

Pilose for the first one - but shouldn't it be 'the Italian'?!

[Cleocima]

Thank you Quizmaster. I agree about 'the' in Italian. The last time I posed a question here I believe 'senora' should have been 'signora' too.

[Cleocima]

Sorry, 'master' instead of 'monkey' must have been a Freudian slip.

[rsd2525]

think somethings wrong with the 2nd ones letters cleo

[biley]

Zaire

[Cleocima]

Thanks rsd, I had 'pasta' in lieu of 'pizza' so it seems that biley's Zaire is the correct answer. I had 'sears' for 7d swelters, (5) and as that now needs an 'e' in the middle perhaps someone can give me the answer to that one. Thank
you both for all your help.

[crofter]

What about STEWS?

[Cleocima]

Thanks crofter, I'm sure that's right. A friend of mine who's nearly 84 said 'stews' immediately when I phoned him.