Guardian 26,974

[JHBMK]

Last one for me ! "Dwarfed 10 dead, swaying" - ?t?n?e? I can fit various words in here, STUNTED being the most obvious, but I can't parse the clue. Not unusual with Maskarades's sloppy clueing I know, but annoying nevertheless !

[Captain2]

anagram of TEN + D(ead) + STU (conseq letters)

[JHBMK]

Thanks Captain2, that makes sense ! Good to know I had the right answer, and yes I should have realised why it was correct, d'oh !

[Captain2]

It's been a popular crossword on AB this weekend JHBMK. Just glad I don't do it. :))

[scorpiojo]

^ You should be ;o)

[Captain2]

Just give me a nice straightforward tough cryptic Jo; none of this themed rubbish.

(How long did it take you to complete?)

[scorpiojo]

6 hours :(

(This one deserves a better prize than the usual books.)

[JHBMK]

I know it's been popular here, reading the questions on AB has helped me a few times today ! I agree that it deserves a better prize too, although considering the Guardian's financial issues I'm not holding my breath. Sadly I don't bother wasting a stamp on the bank holiday puzzles any more -the prizes aren't worth winning, the only satisfaction would be seeing my name printed in the newspaper. I never achieved that in the good old days when we HAD to solve the whole puzzle from knowledge, dictionary, thesaurus and Pears Cyclopedia so I'm certainly not going to manage it now.

[Indianan]

Stu nted anag. of ten and d

[Neveracrossword]

^ ^