Mephisto 2422

[JMR27]

Time to concede defeat - can anyone solve and explain these please?
1d Surprised expression on entering word intended? (4)
o?th
7d Shelter from attempt to sell cocaine smuggled (4)
sc?g

[sarumite]

7d Scag is slang for heroine

[sarumite]

sorry heroin!

[JMR27]

scog and scug mean shelter and I'm going round in circles...

[shaneystar2]

Scag ..street name for Cocaine ...C
Sag.... to go leeward to a shelter ...Lee. s(C)ag...the C is smuggled into the sag.

[Aquagility]

And the second meaning of OATH?

[shaneystar2]

Surprised expression O.... entering an intended word ..troth.

Intended means "sounds like " here ..I think ..as In "I plight thee my troth " ..but of course this may not be right ....perhaps you can enlighten us Aquagility ?

[JMR27]

thanks to all of you for your help. I think the answer to 7d should be a word meaning 'shelter' i.e. scog or scug, but I still can't make sense of the clue.
1d must be oath but cannot explain it...

[shaneystar2]

According to Chambers a Skug or a Scug means a shelter
So ...I think that is a better answer ..Scug with the C for Cocaine ..smuggled in.
Where is Kayakamina when you need him !!

[JMR27]

My thoughts exactly Shaneystar - where is K?
Think I've sorted Oath - surprised expression = oh
at (another word for on) entering

[shaneystar2]

I think Oath must be correct ..these are so hard to define ..
If someone "intends " something they plight a troth ..Old fashioned words "This is my intended " or in other words this is the person I am going to marry .So they plight a troth ..pronounced ..trowth....long O .
Oh ..is an expression of surprise.

[kettledrum]

Sorry - everybody - I did post a message to say that Kayakamina was having trouble with his computer / telephone line, but you must have mised it. He made a brief appearance yesterday morning but warned that his service was very temperamental. If Pauline's experience is anything to go by we'll be lucky to see him before the weekend.

[kettledrum]

.....you must have missed it

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puz zles/Question357196.html

[JMR27]

thanks for that kettledrum. I was concerned in case K was unwell. I think we'll all be glad to see him back on AB!

[lector]

sug is in-house advertising/media jargon (derived from an abbreviation of suggestion) and has a meaning of 'attempt to sell'

S c U G

'smuggled cocaine' = put C inside

Scug is a shelter

Good Clue!

[JMR27]

Thank you very much lector. I'd all but given up after trying everything I could think of.... much obliged!