Polymath 474

[safflower]

10a The chimera or sea ape (4,2,3,8)?
- - - - of the - e - r - n - -.
17d Pedal-powered bike (4,5)? - - s - / - - c - e.
Goodness this is hard today.

[Lie-in King]

10a King of the herrings
17d Push-cycle

Hi safflower - I'm still trying to find a decent answer for 5d... Hope you're well? :-)

[Mamyalynne]

Hi yer Maj , still not happy with Spectrum for that one then? Will keep my eyes peeled for the correct answer
x

[safflower]

Hello all. Thank you.

Push cycle!!!! What's the matter with me?

I was hoping it was spectrum.

Hello again Lie-in King my trusty friend. All well in Devon (raining again). And now we have a winner from Kenya!! It's too much.

[Lie-in King]

Hi again m (lol - that's easier!) - sorry, but I'm fixed on 'Stenting' & still trying to find a reference to a word with that root that fits the other letters...

[Lie-in King]

...A birthday card I sent all of 50 miles still hasn't got there 2 weeks later...don't know whether to laugh or cry! :-)

[mittens]

push cycle