8D

[mayab]

Stuck on 8d a man puts up with a cut, jolly girl said

24a hamlet lines added to by grand editor beginning

Thank you

[bookbinder]

cutlass

[dannyk13]

Sylvester
Village

[Mamyalynne]

Can you parse 'Sylvester' for me please.

[dannyk13]

Sorry Lynne, i got ester as girl said,but struggling with the rest. Sylvester was the only word that fits.

[Mamyalynne]

Thanks Danny , every week I'm reminded why I stopped doing the skeleton.

[dannyk13]

Think I have it now,another Skeleton spacial.
l(a)ys -(puts) reversed + V(ery) (jolly) +ester(girl said)

[Mamyalynne]

Well fathomed.

[dannyk13]

Thanks Lynne. I don't know who sets the Skeleton but he/she must be one of the worst setters I have come across in over 60 years of doing crosswords.

[Mamyalynne]

Agreed.

[Davemano]

Sylvester as I saw it.
Puts is Lays - cut the 'a' out Lys. It says puts up, so Syl and is Not Ester but Vester -sounds Vesta.

[Davemano]

Should have added Vesta Tilley son Jolly good luck to the girl who loves a soldier.

Totally suitable answer by Danny and think both parse's are good.
I do agree - some of the clues are a bit obscure and probably that makes it more challenging.

[Davemano]

son should say sung