saturday cryptic

[bobobalde111]

1/ a raucous "shut up and put the water on " 6
-h---l

2/ are with the former spouse - the first 5 e---t

3/ role for a gentleman (4) -a-t

4/ spirits are about a pound extra (6) -o-a--

5/ leave en masse from the tearoom 4.3 -o--/out

6/ really good but odd (9) -a-------

[crofter]

2 Exist = Ex (spouse) + !st (first)

[crofter]

3 Part = P(gentle0 + art (man's name)

[crofter]

4 Morale = More about a l

[bridgenut]

5) could be Pour Out as in pour out the tea
anybody any better suggestions ?

[crofter]

I like "pour out" and 1 could be Shrill since a rill is a stream!

[bobobalde111]

hope you had a nice holiday crofter
have you came up with a formula for last tuesday yet

[crofter]

bob - I'll look at it NOW!

[crofter]

Done! Suppose the invoice is for P pounds and p pence.
This is (100P + p) in pence.
Reversed we have (100p + P) pence.
We are told (100P + p) / 4 = (100p + P)
That is 100P + p = 400p + 4P
Simpifying we get 96P = 399p
Cancelling by 3 we have 32P = 133p
This can only hold true (within the constraints) if we have
P = 133 and p = 32
So the invoice is for �133.32 as stated!

[crofter]

I believe that the worthy gen2 will have traced through these steps (and not for the first time)!