Sunday Express Skeleton Sunday November 25Th 2018

[mazzywazzy]

Stuck on 4
4a. Payment made to make buses lean 7 letters s??p??d. Stipend?
7d. Statesman runs a state sadly after revolution. Sa????r
14a boast interrupted by earl and Chuck. H???e heave?
19a. A shipbuilder dean made den hire without anger. N??h. Noah? Can't parse it

[mazzywazzy]

Oops! 4a should read boxes not buses!

[dannyk13]

Stipend
Salazar
Heave
Noah no 'a' ( de(a)n + h(ire)

[mazzywazzy]

Oops! 4a should read boxes not buses!

[mazzywazzy]

Thanks Danny but could you please parse the others for me?
Cheers!

[scorpiojo]

Alas (sadly) A(ri)Z(ona) r(uns) reversed

[dannyk13]

Can't parse Sti + pend(lean)
R (revolution) + az (Arizona) + alas(sadly) all reversed
E (earl) inside Have (boast)

[scorpiojo]

Send (boxes?) around tip (lean)

[scorpiojo]

....or send = make??

[dannyk13]

That's better than my attempt at parsing Jo.

[scorpiojo]

Ta. Best I could do :-)

[mazzywazzy]

Thanks everyone! Nice to know it wasn't just me! Btw forgot about 12d only 3 letters! A bloke back in panama i?a. I can only think ira?

[dannyk13]

PanamA RIght reversed

[mazzywazzy]

Not very good at typing today should read a bloke back in Panama. Right?

[dannyk13]

Look up Mazzy

[mazzywazzy]

Thanks. I'll leave you in peace now!