Times 2 - 22.4.06

[Migs]

Slow starter this week! Is 7a cupronickel? Is 39a Landers? If Landers is incorrect 34d could be foster parent.

11d Piano (German) (7) ----i-r? 10d Impossible to understand (12)? 47d sheathing bract (6)?

[genius55]

bract cud be a spathe

[pega]

39a landtag

11d klavier

10d impenetrable

47d spathe

34d foster father a from 49a h from 53a r from 56a

so has to be father hope this helps if you need anymore will help.

[Migs]

Genus55 and Pega - thanks a million; never heard of Landtag or spathe so would forever have been stuck!

[pega]

Hi Migs, Have done this crossword for years , there will be a Jumbo in Monday's BH Times, a very good sorce is Encarta Dictionary on line if you put Landtag in you will see, before I had laptop I did this crossword with books and dictionaries. Good Luck.

[Migs]

Pega - thanks for your info; didn't know about Monday's Jumbo so will have a go at that! I use www.thefreedictionary.com which I find great - problem is you have to be bright enough to know the word you are looking for before entering into any dictionary. Being an optimist I am convinced this searching makes us all a little bit brighter - it's good to have back-up tho when we get stuck! Thanks again.

[pega]

Migs Grateful Thanks for that site, it looks great, have added it to Favorites, There's a very good crossword also in Weekend, Financial Times.