ft polymath

[MikeF]

Need help this week:

24D In Ireland, illicit alcohol, usually home made S?E?E?N. Presume shebeen, but that is aplace where such is sold?

25D Small coin formerly used in Austria and Germany ?E?L?R.

MikeF

[ulysses100]

Chambers has both definitions for shebeen

[Lie-in King]

24d Shebeen - it can mean both the drink & the place
25d Heller

[The Builder]

Euler?..............as in "Euler's disc"

[pjgriffo]

Are you sure of your letters?
The illicit alcohol is POITEEN and SHEBEEN is as you say an unlicenced drink shop.

[The Builder]

....oops......missed a letter.........heller

[radlaf]

Shebeen is an unlicensed drinking establishment. What is 31 A? I have natate. The clue is swimming or floating.

Maybe my 31A is incorrect.

Also having difficulty with 11 A. Australian ouhouse or lean-to (8) S???L?O?

[Lie-in King]

Shebeen is the correct answer for 24d

31a Natant
11a Skillion

[glasman]

Your outhouse is skillion.

[MikeF]

Thanks all - yes pjgriffo, am sure of letters otherwise you are correct. My Chambers (and this is usually the setter's source) gives only the one definition, but I note from previous on this site that Lie-in King is usually (always?) right. Did I see you have never won a prize - seems unjust . . . .

MikeF

[Lie-in King]

MikeF - thank you, but only today I had to apologise for a spelling mistake, thus giving a wrong answer!

Chambers 2003 has both definitions, as does Collins

I won 4 or 5 prizes (nothing too grand!) in a six-month period about 9 years ago - nothing since, but I'll keep trying! :-)