Herald Prize Christmas Crossword

[May54]

Can anybody please help me with the quote for No.70 across? It reads: They all thought Britons hate battle (4,5,2,2,3,6,4,5). This is a jumble of the letters in the answer but none of the anagram solvers can produce the answer. Thanks.

[Mamyalynne]

Puzzle here for anyone better able to read it....



http://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-herald/20151224/281496455248091/TextView

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. Hopefully May has solved some crossing clues and can give us the known pattern so far- I think just four letters would probably be sufficient

[May54]

I think the answer is an excerpt from a monarch's Christmas Day speech and as far as I can make out the second word is S?A?L and the last two words are T?A? L?G?T. Thanks for any help.

[Tilly2]

Then shall we be the ?????? that light?

(Just guessing)

[Calibax]

That shall be to you better than light.. George V

[Tilly2]

Hurray! Good on you, Calibax!

[Mamyalynne]

brilliant!!

[Calibax]

:o)

[May54]

Top marks, Calibax! Thanks for the answer - and thanks to everyone for helping. Happy New Year to you all.

[Calibax]

^^Actually George VI 1939

[ricker53]

On a similar type of clue from Rudyard Kipling
87 across Adventure/-n/-o-e/-------/---/--/----
anagram of
Tomorrow-Annie never ends a duet here

[May54]

Adventure on, more wonders are in thee. Good luck!

[Captain2]

Just seen on another post that Ricker apologised and corrected to John Masefield quote not Kipling. So, either I'm a fool for spending 20 minutes looking through Kipling quoations or my education is sadly lacking. ;))