Crossword 42 Rte Guide October 2018

[lorus]

8/27d At 64 ,the Duke had enough of it to get a gong for it (4,4)
16d Sounds like this information is framed for popular consumption (10)
23/25a Dick Turpin's gallows humour had him on edge before and after the big drop ! (6,6)

[Neveracrossword]

8/27 True Grit? (A rather wild guess!)

[Captain2]

You might try asking for some letters NaC.......... ;)))

[cashier]

Now now Captain!

[dannyk13]

A good guess NAC, John Wayne( Duke) won an oscar for it.

[Neveracrossword]

Captain2, Yes - I should have asked about letters.

Lorus, do you have any letters at all for the others? Every little helps!

[Neveracrossword]

Sorry... I should added thanks to Danny for the True Grit info.

[dannyk13]

Lorus never gives letter patterns.

[fiction-factory]

Brings to mind the lyrics from one of my favourite songs
"There's no point in asking
You'll get no reply"
Sometimes constant requests/suggestions (and I've been 'guilty' here) are counter-productive.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Danny and FF - it seems odd to NEVER give the letter counts, patterns etc.

[elliemay1]

16 Can only think of 'propaganda' but I know it doesn't make sense!