Skeleton

[allcott]

Please can you help
22a beliefs first codified by rufus meaning nothing
2d number noted divided by five
14d lettuce price reduced by 25%
17d nut beginning to pout with no one around
20d assegais initially pretty sharp
Thank you - you can see I am not very good at this !!

[bobbinwales]

14d COS(T)

[bookbinder]

Letter counts would be helpful.

[aelmpvw]

2d se(v)en

[bobbinwales]

a cute

[bobbinwales]

BB- skeleton so counts may not be known yet?

[davebro]

credo

[dannyk13]

Credo
Seven
Cos
Pecan
Acute

[davebro]

pecan

[bookbinder]

Thanks, bobbinwales. I do not know what a Skeleton puzzle is.

[bobbinwales]

Ho bookbinder I recall you have to work out where the black squares go, use to be a sort of symmetrical pattern, but its been awhile since I did one from scratch, there not for me

[davebro]

Once you've made a start it's usually easy to see letter counts - or at least have a good guess.