Telegraph Trigrams Puzzle For This Week

[Matakari]

Good morning,
I am stuck on 4, 5 and 7 and would appreciate answers for them, please.
Thanks in advance!

My outstanding letters are:
PCA, SER, NAL, SHI, MAN, AST, RED, CHE, OAT


Trigrams
By Daniel Peake,
Assistant Puzzles Editor

Use each Trigram (group of three letters) once to spell out the answers to the clues below. The trigrams will miss out one letter from each of the eight answers; in clue order, these eight missing letters will spell a word.

1 Sign of the zodiac:
2 Most common coffee bean :
3 Margaret Atwood novel :
4 Butlin's employee:
5 Inland waterway connected to the Irish Sea:
6 Taking excessive measures to correct:
7 Performers, collectively:
8 World mountain:

[bobbinwales]

4 redcoat
8Atlas?

[bobbinwales]

manchester ship canal

[bobbinwales]

I;m left with AST so nearly ATLAS but 2 missing not 1 I think?

[dannyk13]

4.Red (c)oat

[bobbinwales]

The missing letter was MAN CHES(T)ER SHIP CAN AL

[bobbinwales]

Not 100 pc sure of ATLAS as there mountainS plural?

[bobbinwales]

Not ATLAS as am left with AST, is there a East Mountain?

[dannyk13]

From where did you get the trigrams?

[Matakari]

Many thanks, bobbinwales, for your help! N0 8 is Everest and 7 is Cast. The puzzle is from the weekly Telegraph, dannyk13. Thanks!

[dannyk13]

Matakari I have the Newsletter but there are no trigrams listed.Am I missing something?

[Matakari]

Dannyk13, it's in the Puzzles newsletter I receive every week with clue-writing contests etc...

[dannyk13]

Matakari, I have the Puzzles News Letter and have the instructions for the puzzle but cannot see any trigrams.

[bobbinwales]

Anyway answers sorted. Have you got the 8 letter word??

[dannyk13]

Bob, can you help me with this?

[Matakari]

Yes, bobbinwales, I guessed the 8-letter word, and then it fitted when I was given 4 and 5. Thanks again!

[bobbinwales]

Sorry Danny. I havent looked for it on line, I just done it from Matakari's thread

[Matakari]

Dannyk13, this is what I received. I hope it will help.

Trigrams
By Daniel Peake,
Assistant Puzzles Editor

Use each Trigram (group of three letters) once to spell out the answers to the clues below. The trigrams will miss out one letter from each of the eight answers; in clue order, these eight missing letters will spell a word.

1 Sign of the zodiac
2 Most common coffee bean
3 Margaret Atwood novel
4 Butlin's employee
5 Inland waterway connected to the Irish Sea
6 Taking excessive measures to correct
7 Performers, collectively
8 World mountain


To enter, please email the eight answers and the word made from unused letters, together with your name and postal address and with a subject line of 'Newsletter', to [email protected], to arrive by 9am on Friday, October 29. One winner chosen at random from all correct entries received will win a Telegraph Crossword Companion Set

[dannyk13]

Thanks Bobbi, that's what I have,I see it now.

[bobbinwales]

^ Think you meant Matakari not Bobb dannyk13

[dannyk13]

Oops, it's one of those mornings, full of senior moments.