Rte 2

[scooke]

18a on a cold and frosty morning,it could be a hard task for squirrels perhaps! (5,3,2,5)?o?g,???,?o,?????
6d this one will do you before you do this one! (8)?w?n????
14 dot an unusual name to be called (5)a????

[Tilly2]

6d swindler?

[frugalfred]

6 swindler?

[eanceoil]

tough nut to crck
swindler
Anton

[eanceoil]

I forgot the 'a' in crack - tough nut to crack

[elliemay1]

18 Has the first word 4 or 5 letters?

[eanceoil]

five, he put 5 in the brackets elliemay

[Tilly2]

How does 'an dot' become 'Anton'?

[elliemay1]

yes, I know that, but the pattern only shows 4

[eanceoil]

the d is a tying error, the clue is Not an unusual name to be called

[eanceoil]

I don't know elliemay, his number count in the OP is all I was looking at

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Ean.

[scooke]

Thanks for the help sorry about my errors

[eanceoil]

You're welcome Tilly and scooke