The Big Issue, 1196

[jwf]

11A: Not having guys to give support (8)
-T--L-SS
I can't decide between 'starless' and 'stopless'

1A: Metropolitan bloomer? (6,5)
L-N---P--D-
London something? Pride?

3D: Steer over most of one county shortly (4)
--O-
This has me beat.

I either whizz through the Big Issue crossword or struggle with a few for days. Also, it really gets on my *** when a crossword prize is a dictionary but the dictionary doesn't include the answer, e.g.
8A: Expression of doubt from Humphrey (4)
This is U-P-, so must be Umph, yes? It's not in any of my dictionaries.

Thank you all for any help with these.

[frugalfred]

London Pride - a saxifrage.

[jollyroger66]

3d Oxon

[cupid04]

London pride

[cupid04]

stagless?

[bibblebub]

11a: stayless ??

[frugalfred]

Chambers gives "umph" same as "humph"

[cupid04]

11a] Is your 'T' definitely correct. It could be propless - that means without support.

[shoota]

I'd opt for Bib's 'stayless' ie no guy ropes or stays (tent technology).

[frugalfred]

Did you ever wear stays, cupes, or were you stayless?

[Captain2]

I'm with Bibblebub at 'stayless' (don't you remember corsets Cupid?)

[shoota]

I doubt she has ever been stagless...

[cupid04]

Nope everything's quite firm without stays thank you Frugal ;-)

[jwf]

Thanks everyone, I'll go with stayless. And I was thinking London Pride, imagining it to be a brand of bread, i.e. bloomer! :-/
Oxon as in (c)oxon, to steer?

[jollyroger66]

Ox = Steer + on(e) = Oxon (Old Oxford County)