3a Stomach 75% oversize? This will flatten it I have BEAR HUG But what connection with stomach? 26a Why is adder =summer? 5d Very sad ,losing head and going up in smoke. I have CIGAR Why very sad?24a Is the answer INCUBUS?29d Contrived detachment, perhaps, on date (6) _ O _ C _ D Is it FORCED?and finally 16d It never took of and now it has died out ( 5,3)_ R _A_/A _ LThanks from sad old woman who can't sleep!!
To stomach something is to bear it, hug is 75% of huge.
To add is to sum therefore adder=summer.
Very sad is tragic, turn it round and lose the head (t)
Hello Thanks all you good people.Do not know what has happened as I usually submit under the name of Esmerelda 3 and I did not submit this question or earlier replies!! Just received notification that my question had been answered. But thanks anyway,