Sat Times

[busow]

8d not hard to crack nuts in brief (9).
14d gold medal with pens for writer(9).
23ac paint bird with cat eating last bit of carcass(8).
Thanks in advance guys

[Neveracrossword]

14 Wordsmith
23 Emulsion

[mac44]

8d. enlighten

[Neveracrossword]

23... Emu +Lion, with S/last bit of carcass inside.

[donny48]

could someone parse 8d enlighten

[Neveracrossword]

Donny, I think it's Light is 'not hard' and 'en' is 'nut' (it's in Bradfords crossword dictionary), so 'en' and 'en', nuts. En light en, enlighten/brief.

[mac44]

my parsing as well Neveracrossword.

[donny48]

Neveracrossword,
en is also in Chambers, the English langauge is a wierd and wonderful thing, thanks for the explanation.

[Neveracrossword]

Donny48, glad I could help.