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Scottish Field
More from Octobers issue: All are Scottish words, terms or slang and also could also be regional Scottish terms or variations only used in specific geographical areas. Due to difficulty and often many variations of spelling, some of my adjoining letters might be in error.
6a. Strike (3) D??
7d. Far side of the path (4,3) ???E ???
10d. Mashed potatoes (7,7) ??A???? T?????N (considered CHAPPIT TATTIES but last letter is definitely N due to 37a answer HEID HIGHHEADYIN)
15d. Rowdy drinking (6) T????N
16d. Thin person or animal (14) S????Y?????Y?E (possibly starting with SKINNY but not sure yet)
20a. Without (6) Y?H??T
53a. Distorted (11) ????H?B????
Many thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.OK so HEID HIGHHEADYIN is looking wrong, after a few more corrections of adjoining answers - here's how it looks now:
HEID ?I????A?K?S
Another one I thought I had was 1d. Look after oneself (4,3,6)
I had HAUD AFF YERSEL but if 20a is ATHOOT (or possibly ITHOOT) then is can't be. Letters I have currently are:
H??? A?? A????L so it could still be HAUD AFF A????L, HAUD AFF I????L (bear in mind AFF could also be AWA).
Also have problem with 49d. Comfortably well off (3). I had NAB (variation of KNAB - Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: knab n2 (dsl.ac.uk)), but if 53a is BOGSHAIVELT then NAB can't be correct. Letters for 49d presently are ??I
Driving me mad this is!