Club Monthly 20198

[aeronut]

After many hours stuck on a few:

9ac did as one urging horse maybe has done, taking chestnut for canter, finally (8)
I have ?c?i????

26ac with swelling around sole trousers are annoying (8)
I have c?n???l?

20dn float having nothing to tie it (7}
I have e?o????

5dn plug in kettle at first (5)
I have k???i

Help please

[Mamyalynne]

Tchicked

Convexly

Oropesa

Kadai

[aeronut]

Wow
You are truly amazing Mamyalynne.
Thanks.

[fiction-factory]

I can see the wordplay for kadai, mamyalynne- but i can't see the definition. Nor can i see it for Oropesa. Is this one of those with a twist/theme?

[Mamyalynne]

Kind of you to say but I struggled with this one.

Glad I could help a bit.

[fiction-factory]

I would never have got any of those, Mamyalynne.

[Mamyalynne]

K(kettle) Ad (plug) A1 (smashing)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karahi

[Mamyalynne]

O (nothing) Rope (to tie) SA (sex appeal/it)

[Mamyalynne]

Definition of oropesa
plural -s
: one of a pair of torpedo-shaped floats towed one on each side by a minesweeper at a fixed distance to suspend the ends of the steel rope used to tear submerged mines from their moorings

[fiction-factory]

Yes. I can see some of the wordplay (although i assumed the A1 was from at first- don't know where (smashing comes from), but I can't see definitions for either of those two

[Mamyalynne]

5dn plug in kettle at first, smashing pot. (5)

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. I only knew of Oropesa as a place in Spain

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. So the missing pot is the definition. Ah well, I wouldn't have got it even with the full clue.!

[Mamyalynne]

It was a challenging puzzle.

[aeronut]

I now have l?k for 4dn where grouse are ostentatious, moose buries head.
One more bit of help please.

[Mamyalynne]

Lek

Elk, move e down

[Mamyalynne]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lek_mating

[aeronut]

Many thanks Mamyalynne.

[Mamyalynne]

You're welcome