The Generalist

[JoolsTwo]

I am still struggling with this one. Could someone give me the answer for:-

15d Slang for lowest NCO army rank. (9)

Hopefully I will be able to sort out the rest, well I can dream can't I.

[kayakamina]

LanceJack

[Quizmonkey]

Lancejack?

[JoolsTwo]

Many thanks for that Kayakamin and Quizmonkey. Where did you find the answer though? I have been searching for days without any luck. I am obviously looking in the wrong places.

[kayakamina]

Jim For what it's worth my problem with this puzzle was the alternative spelling of some words.

[kayakamina]

Jim I did not mean that Lancejack was not the correct spelling but some of the other clues i.e ****-a- Leekie.

I knew Lancejack's from my time in the army!

Cheers

[JoolsTwo]

Kayakmina I am finding this one very difficult - a lot harder that the last one. I have not had a lot of spare time to look at it the last couple of weeks either. :-)

[kayakamina]

I was censored- can you believe it?

[JoolsTwo]

Yes I know what you mean I have never seen it spelt that way before. But I guessed it must be that way.

[macpark]

If like me you had morendo for the musical term then you would never have gopt lancejack. I was given it by a retired colonel that I asked and dismissed it as there was no M!

As a professional musician I can tell you that calando does not mean dying away and morendo is from the italian morire - to die! Ours is not to reason why, just to get on and try to complete the blinking thing. Hey ho. Good luck.

[Quizmonkey]

Macpark: Chambers gives calando as "gradually slowing with diminishing volume". I'd call that dying away, but what do I know?! :)

[macpark]

You are right Quizmonkey but it comes from the verb calare to decrease as opposed to morire to die.

Whilst the answer is technically not incorrect, given the clue, I would have chosen morendo every time.

[seekeerz]

Hey there Jimjools sorry to hear you're still struggling with that monster - I too had morendo and that made life a bit tricky to say the least. I had bags of help from Kazizere a week or so back & she sorted me out completely or I'd still be chasing my tail around & getting cranky - can we help anywhere else ?

cheers

[JoolsTwo]

Hi Seekeerz. Yes I will probably be back for more help. But I do like to try and do as much as I can on my own. I seem to be asking more on this one than last month.

[cheaton]

Hi there, I have done all except for two which don't seem to 'marry up'....

37d 'the lichen lungwort' - seems to be OAK LUNG but that means that 49a St Mary Mead's amateur sleuth can't be Marple (which seems obvious).

Have looked on Google and Wikipedia but I can't find any other answers to these two clues! Help please!

[kayakamina]

Hi Cheaton It is Oak lump and Marple

[cheaton]

Thanks so much K. I did search on Oak Lump but didn't get very far! That was a fun crossword though - difficult to find the alternative spellings of Townshend and Steuart-Powell.... I will look out for it in future.

[JoolsTwo]

Hi I'm back again. Are there alternative spellings for the answers to 34 & 36 accross? I make them 34 Griffiths and 36 Norbury but they don't fit. Where am I going wrong. Aaagh!

[JoolsTwo]

I think I've got it but I don't understand it

[JoolsTwo]

Ok! I'm down to my last 2 not sure I have any of it correct but.

21 down I have p?e?n?c and

45 accross I have l?g?n.

None of the answers seem to tie in with the clues very well, I have just gone with the letters I had and guessed.

HELP SOMEBODY!

[atoach]

Lygon fits in with the enigmatic theme of the crossword for 45 across but I don't have 21 down either.