lovatt,s stinker

[jubo]

189d, early fetus, e??r?s
219d, trigger, h?t????e
208d, conspired, c?e?u??d
293a, maned sloths, a?s
the clue going across the three down clues is , ink secreting marine creature, for which i have cuttlefish, unless there is another creature with ten letters. this stinker is driving me mad. thanks in advance for any help.

[boxtops]

189 embryo - check your S

[boxtops]

208d - colluded (quite a lot of discussion on here about this one, yesterday!)

[boxtops]

293 sloths = AIS

[jubo]

hi boxtops. i was asking thes questions yesterday,.i had embryo for early fetus, and colluded, for conspired together, but if cuttlefish is right then the other two must be wrong. could there be mistake in the actual crossword?

[factor-fiction]

can you clarify which letters in these come from the letters in CUTTLEFISH. Ta

[factor-fiction]

And if cuttlefish is wrong but EMBRYO and COLLUDED are right what letters does that give you for the ink-secreting question?

[chelle7272]

Could it be cephalopod instead of cuttlefish?

[jubo]

hi factor30 and boxtops, at last i have solved the mystery.217a,was cephalopod not cuttlefish..now all the other answers fit in. thanks for all your help. why do we torture ourselves with these crosswords,

[factor-fiction]

I just hope this isn't another Tagus/Toledo waterway scenario which some may remember from Lovatts last year!

[factor-fiction]

Glad it's sorted. Interestingly 2 posters yesterday asked for the answer to the ink-secreting sea creature and both said it started with CUT....
http://www.theanswerb....php?q1=ink+secreting

[Paula38]

293a; AIS, I think.

[JandyAF]

219d - Could this be activate?