saga august 2009

[billgadd]

Hello all,

I hope that you can help on these 4 clues.

8d(8) One denied love - writer taking the drug ?E?L?T??
13a(5) Felt waste must be iliminated in the country M?N?O
18a(5) Rob gets on with prayer R?A??
25a(5) Behind the times, firm's head is dismissed R?S?Y

Looking forward to a further journey on the learning curve.

[bellissimo]

8 d NEPENTHE
13 a MUNGO

no others yet !

[burnhal]

25d Rusty Crusty minus the C

[mazie]

25s Rusty = behind the times ??

but I can't work out the rest of the word play

[burnhal]

its because firm is crusty minus its head is rusty

[mazie]

thank you for the explanation burnhal

[sarumite]

18a Reave (carry off/rob)
Re (on) + Ave (Prayer)

[billgadd]

Thanks to all of you, especially for the break-downs of the logic. I am afraid that I now have another to solve as one of the answers made mine wrong.
12a(5) Substitutes evangelise, given out in the Ashes. E?S?E
I seems it is either easle or elsae. But why?

Thanks again to you all.

[wallacia]

answered earlier as easle.

[wallacia]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puz zles/Question787206.html

[sarumite]

12a Easle (hot ash) .. evangelise minus given (anag)

[billgadd]

Again, many thanks