times jumbo 810

[jimmaboy]

1AC Vagrants-female group with man in tow (7) ????S?? 16AC Being absent-minded-a little girl's characteristic (8) ????R??? 20AC Assertive and not-half threatening in negative command (8) ?O???A?? 44AC Frustrating plot ---- bit of a game associated with this writer (11) C?U?T?R?I?E 55AC With backing of corps, fellow coming out (8) ?M?R?E?? MANY THANKS

[tyrepill]

16a Distrait
20a Dominant
55a Emer gent

[tyrepill]

1a F lot sam

[Lie-in King]

1a F-lot-Sam
16a Dis-trait
20a Dominant - mina(tory) (in) don't
44a Counter-mine
55a Emer-gent - REME = corps, back

[aeronut]

Question for Lie-in-King:
For 44ac Why do you prefer countermine to countertime?
Quick definitions (countertime)


(n.) Resistance; opposition.

[baitress]

aeronut - Ithink it is mine not time because the clue states that it is associated with this writer which I took to be mine, in other words my counter

[aeronut]

Thanks. Baitress...
I thought the "me" at the end of countertime covered the writer.