DK �500 Prize Crossword 26.7.2008

[chokkie]

I'm absolutely stumped with a few last clues, hope someone out there can help ...
17a - greenish brown colour (5) -----
24 a - completely destroyed (5) .---e-
61 a - watership down character (5) -----
69a - writ commanding attendance in court (8) --------
71a - large bone in the ankle (6) ------
79a - branch of study (5) -----
29d - apparatus for raising a sunken ship (5) -----
55d - annoyed or worried(5) -----
62d - rock formed by solidification or lava or magma (7)
----o-s
64d edible plant of the dock family (7) e---a-b
67d exhausted (6) ---p--
70d - visionary British poet & artist (5) 00a00

Sorry there are so many, having a completely blank time of it - probably a senior moment.

[glasman]

71. Tarsus.

[glasman]

64. Rhubarb.

[baitress]

17a hazel.
24a razed.
61a fiver.
69a subpoena.
71a talus.
79a field.
29d camel.
55d vexed.
62d igneous.
64d rhubarb.
67d pooped.
70d blake.
phew .glad that's done.

[glasman]

70. Blake.

[sincnoel]

this sort of thing turns the answerbank into a joke. might i suggest to the ab editor that a limit of three questions be imposed. if people like chokkie cannot do better than this, then they shouldn't be on this site.

[Dee Sa]

maybe its their first attempt, as school report would say
" could do better.

[Anglet53]

I agree!3 questions-3 answer limit-what are you learning by copying everyone's answers?

[weekendwanda]

I agree with the comments. We all get stuck on the odd one or two but why not wait until the answers are published

[CW Columbo]

67d I've put Torpid which also seems to mean "exhausted" although the definitions quoted include fatigued, inactive, lethargic. Pooped is a US slang word for exhausted.

Which is the most popular answer?

Thanking you in advance for your help.
Regards